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1810 $5 Small Date, Small 5, BD-2, R.6 -- Obverse Repaired -- NGC Details. AU. Bass-Dannreuther Die State b/b. Struck from the near-terminal state of the obverse die, with the fatal crack from the edge through the first 1 in the date, traversing the center of the portrait until veering right to the upper-right edge at 2 o'clock. The reverse die was briefly employed one more time striking the ultra-rare BD-3 Large Date, Small 5 variety. This BD-2 example shows evidence of smoothing in the left obverse field and a subsequent overall cleaning, yet the surfaces retain their rich-gold appeal and the strike is pinpoint sharp despite signs of brief circulation.
The Bass-Dannreuther reference suggests as many as 20 examples survive of this scarce variety given the early failure of the obverse die. Only three Uncirculated pieces appear in the combined grading service reports (2/17), adding to the desirability of this sharply detailed coin despite its noted impairments. The eye appeal remains remarkably intact and the coin is clearly an important asset to any advanced variety or type collection.
From The Hutchinson Collection, Part II.
HID02901242017
1810 $5 Small Date, Small 5, BD-2, R.6 -- Obverse Repaired -- NGC Details. AU. Bass-Dannreuther Die State b/b. Struck from the near-terminal state of the obverse die, with the fatal crack from the edge through the first 1 in the date, traversing the center of the portrait until veering right to the upper-right edge at 2 o'clock. The reverse die was briefly employed one more time striking the ultra-rare BD-3 Large Date, Small 5 variety. This BD-2 example shows evidence of smoothing in the left obverse field and a subsequent overall cleaning, yet the surfaces retain their rich-gold appeal and the strike is pinpoint sharp despite signs of brief circulation.
The Bass-Dannreuther reference suggests as many as 20 examples survive of this scarce variety given the early failure of the obverse die. Only three Uncirculated pieces appear in the combined grading service reports (2/17), adding to the desirability of this sharply detailed coin despite its noted impairments. The eye appeal remains remarkably intact and the coin is clearly an important asset to any advanced variety or type collection.
From The Hutchinson Collection, Part II.
HID02901242017