1860 $5 J-272, BN PR (PCGS#12078)
The March 2012 Baltimore Auction
- Auctioneer
- Stack's Bowers
- Lot Number
- 7114
- Grade
- PR63
- Price
- 5,463
- Lot Description
- 1860 Pattern Half Eagle. Judd-272, Pollock-320. Rarity-6-. Copper. Reeded Edge. Proof-63 BN (NGC). Head of Liberty right wearing Phrygian cap with stars, LIBERTY on hair ribbon, 13 stars around, small date below, reverse with spread-winged eagle clutching arrows and branch, E PLURIBUS UNUM on ribbon above, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FIVE DOLLARS around. Soft deep golden tan surfaces with rose iridescence. The <em>uspatterns.com </em>website offers the following: "These are struck on eagle diameter planchets as part of an anti-counterfeiting effort. This design also has a die blunder in that the V in FIVE is actually an upside down A. These, as struck in copper, are known on both thick and thin planchets. Many have been gilt. Red examples are excessively rare."
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