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ANA Signature US Coin Sale 1258 2-6 Aug 2017
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Early Half Eagles
1812 $5 BD-1, R.3, MS61 NGC. Bass-Dannreuther Die State a/a with no evidence of clash marks on either side of this splendid specimen. The two varieties of 1812 half eagles represent the last year of John Reich's Capped Bust Left design. The obverse and reverse were each modified for coinage the following year, with the obverse depicting the Capped Head design. The reverse modification created a smaller eagle with the leaves farther from the border and the claws and arrow feather farther from the denomination. This lovely lemon-yellow example has frosty luster and pleasing surfaces that exhibit inconsequential, microscopic marks. Census: 0 in 61, 0 finer (6/17).
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1812 $5 BD-1, R.3, MS61 NGC. Bass-Dannreuther Die State a/a with no evidence of clash marks on either side of this splendid specimen. The two varieties of 1812 half eagles represent the last year of John Reich's Capped Bust Left design. The obverse and reverse were each modified for coinage the following year, with the obverse depicting the Capped Head design. The reverse modification created a smaller eagle with the leaves farther from the border and the claws and arrow feather farther from the denomination. This lovely lemon-yellow example has frosty luster and pleasing surfaces that exhibit inconsequential, microscopic marks. Census: 0 in 61, 0 finer (6/17).
HID02901242017