1807 $5 Capped Bust MS(PCGS#8101)

Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auktionator

Stack's Bowers

Losnummer

3297

Erhaltungsgrad

MS65

Preis

72.000

Losbeschreibung

BD Die State d/b. Billowy satin luster mingles with vivid medium gold and pale pinkish-rose iridescence on both sides of this handsome and inviting Gem. The strike is well centered and all devices are sharply to fully defined. Overall smooth, as befits the assigned grade, and sure to please the advanced gold enthusiast.<p>The year 1807 was one of transition, with John Reich's Capped Bust Left design selected for its first use on the half eagles and half dollars. Reich produced some of the most beloved of all American coins but in 1817 he resigned and retired to Albany, New York. An estimated 50,000 of Reich's new half eagles were struck, from only two die pairs. The BD-8 marriage, by far the more available of these two die marriages, is differentiated by the O in OF centered above the U in UNUM on the ribbon along with the outermost leaf on the olive branch close to the letter U in UNITED. Popular with both early gold specialists and advanced type collectors, premium Mint State examples of this variety are long on desirability and short on supply. Expect lively bidding.