1820 $5 Square 2 MS61 PCGS....

Description

Brightly Lustrous 1820 Five Dollar, MS61
Square 2, BD-3

1820 $5 Square 2 MS61 PCGS. Large Letters, Breen-6476, BD-3, R.5. State a/a, showing no clashing, lapping, or cracks. There are two dashes of die rust just to the left of the 5 in the denomination, but no die rust is seen elsewhere on the coin. This is consistent with the State a/a coin held by the Smithsonian, and may well be a diagnostic. The BD-3 1820 five dollar is "merely rare" as JD wrote. The other 1820 varieties "are either rare, very rare, or exceedingly rare." He estimated a surviving population for this die variety between 50 and 65 pieces.
The surfaces are bright green-gold with the often-seen semireflective fields. The design motifs are strongly struck with the exception of Liberty's lowest hair curl and the eagle's right (facing) claws. Each side is peppered with numerous small abrasions, but the only one of singular note is in the field above the neck of the eagle. This is an impressively lustrous, high grade example of this rarely seen early five dollar.(Registry values: P3)

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 25PT, PCGS# 8125, GSID# 8825)

Metal: 91.67% Gold, 8.33% Copper
Weight: 8.75 grams
AGW: 0.25789oz
Mintage: 263,806

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