1800 $5 BD-4 MS(PCGS#45594)

1800 $5 BD-4 MS (PCGS#45594)

May 2007 Pre-Long Beach Auction #41

Description du lot: 1800 $5 Capped Bust. PCGS graded AU-55. Breen 1-C, M-43, BD-4. A hint of light golden toning with some luster evident. Mintage for the year was 37,628 pieces (with many exported and/or melted along the way). Walter Breen identified five different varieties of 1800 half eagles. The mintage figures during the early 19th century are always suspect. Officially, mintage of half eagles in 1800 totaled 11,622 coins. However, 26,006 coins were minted in 1801 though there are none known with this date. Some of these were almost certainly struck from 1799-dated dies; however, the mintage of coins bearing the 1800 date must have been a significant portion of the total. In his Complete Encyclopedia, Walter Breen identified the 1800 mintage as being the total of both figures, or the number given above. A popular early type coin. Pop 38 with 112 finer (PCGS # 8082) . Estimated Value $7,500 - 8,000.