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1800 FIVE DOLLARS
OR HALF EAGLE
PCGS No: 8082
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 37,628
Proofs: 0
Designer: Robert Scot
Diameter: ±25 millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 91.7%
Silver and Copper - 8.3%
Weight: ±135 grains (8.748 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: None (all dates of
this type were struck at the Philadelphia mint)
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 6 MS-64's.
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Images courtesy of Hanks
& Associates
Significant examples:
Choice Uncirculated (illustrated
above). Ex - the Rogers collection.
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-63. Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale",
August 6-7, 2000, Lot 7207, "Small 8/Large 8, B-1a",
illustrated, sold for $14,375.00
PCGS MS-62. Goldberg Coins & Collectibles,
Inc.'s "Benson Collection, Part I", February 16, 18-20, 2001,
Lot 4000, "Miller-42, Rarity-4", illustrated, sold for $6,900.00
NGC MS-61 (illustrated below). Heritage Numismatic Auctions,
Inc.'s "Santa Clara" Sale, November 1999, Lot 6813
NGC MS-61 (illustrated
below). Goldbergs 10/2000:881, "Breen 1B, Rarity 4", $6,267.00
MS-60 Obverse scratches. Heritage 05-06/2001:6018,
"B-1c, Miller-45", plated, not sold
Brilliant
Uncirculated. Superior Auction '89 - Stack's 10/2000:1720, "Breen 1-B, Miller 42, plated, $5,060.00
"Choice About Uncirculated".
Stack's 12/2003:958, $6,037.50, "Breen 1-D (R-4)"
About Uncirculated. Stack's
09/2000:1541, "Breen-1C", not sold
PCGS AU-58. Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W.
Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 299,
"Breen-1C, Blundered Mintmark", illustrated, sold for $5,290.00
From Stack's sale of May
1971, Lot 1368; earlier from Chapman's sale of the D.S. Wilson Collection,
March 1907 and Stack's sale of the Milton Holmes Collection, October 1960
AU-50. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W.
Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 300,
"Breen-1C, Blundered Mintmark", illustrated, sold for
$3,450.00 Purchased from
Stack's, July 23, 1971
Sources and/or recommended reading:
"Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia Of U.S. And Colonial
Coins" by Walter Breen
"The PCGS Population
Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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