1806/5 50C Large Stars MS(PCGS#6077)

November 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

2083

Grade

AU53

Price

5,760

Lot Description

Tompkins Die Stage 3/1. Warmly toned in olive-gray, both sides also reveal intermingled reddish-rose, antique gold and powder blue highlights as the surfaces rotate under a light. With an impressively smooth appearance in hand and plenty of bold to sharp detail throughout the design, this is an uncommonly well preserved example for a die variety the Condition Census of which starts at AU-58. The obverse die of the 1806 Overton-101 was a leftover from 1805, apparently unused with that date, that was re-annealed, then the 5 overpunched with a 6 for use beginning in the following year. The reverse die of this attribution is readily identifiable by repunching to the letter T in UNITED and the second letter T in STATES.