1813 $5 BD-1, R.2, MS64 NGC....

Description

1813 BD-1 Half Eagle, MS64
Attractive and Lustrous Example
Excellent Type Coin Candidate

1813 $5 BD-1, R.2, MS64 NGC. Bass-Dannreuther Die State a/a. Brilliant luster emanates from greenish-gold surfaces, which are remarkably attractive and distraction-free. A couple of minuscule ticks appear in the lower right obverse field, and both sides show some old clash marks, but the appearance is strictly in concordance with the near-Gem grade.

The 1813 half eagle is the first year of a new type, known in Guide Book terminology as the Capped Head to Left, Large Diameter. Like most-first-year issues, it appears to have been saved for posterity by collectors and noncollectors alike. However, these relatively higher survival rates are matched with unusually low remaining populations for the other issues in the series, which range from scarce to exceedingly rare. Very few gold coins circulated stateside from 1812 onwards, with most hoarded or melted due to their excessive gold content. John Dannreuther states, "[o]nly those few coins hoarded domestically and not melted after the weight change in 1834 are the examples we have to collect today, plus the few coins plucked from foreign sources."

The result of this situation is that this 1813 half eagle is a near-Gem example of one of the most available issues in one of the most difficult and elusive of all U.S. coin series; in other words, the quintessential type coin. This superlative survivor is almost certainly destined to fill a long-empty hole in a high-grade 19th century type set.
Ex: Long Beach Signature (Heritage, 9/2007), lot 3382.

Coin Index Numbers: (Variety PCGS# 519907, Base PCGS# 8116, Greysheet# 198949)

Weight: 8.75 grams

Metal: 91.67% Gold, 8.33% Copper

Note for clients in the European Union: This lot is considered by the European Union to be “investment gold”. We believe that it meets the criteria established in Article 344(1), point (2) of Council Directive 2006/112/EC and thus should be exempt from import VAT regardless of the selling price. Any questions or concerns about VAT should be addressed to your accountant or local tax authority.

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