1807 $5 Capped Bust MS(PCGS#8101)

Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

競売業者

Stack's Bowers

ロット番号

2301

グレード

MS64

価格

26,840

ロット詳細

BD Die State c/a. Billowy mint frost mingles with vivid, bright golden-wheat color on both sides of this handsome and inviting near-Gem. The strike is well centered and all devices are sharply to fully defined. Overall smooth in hand, 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 letter O in OF centered above the letter U in UNUM on the ribbon, along with the outermost leaf close to the letter U in UNITED. Popular with both early gold specialists and type collectors, attractive Mint State examples of this variety are long on desirability and short on supply.