1840-C $5 MS64 NGC. Variety 1....

"Broad Mill, as are all 1840-C Half Eagles. (Rumors of a Narrow Mill version of this issue are unsubstantiated and, in my opinion, incorrect.) This coin is amazing, almost certainly the finest known example of this rare issue. It is very sharply struck with a square edge, high wire rim, and partially prooflike fields. All of the stars are fully struck to their central points. There is a slight planchet depression on the chin and some weakness at the vertical hair curl on the neck. Light striations, running more or less vertically, are seen on both the obverse and reverse, mostly on the reverse. The fields have only a few very light contact marks, and the color of the coin is a beautiful yellow and coppery gold color. A die break runs from the reverse rim through the I in AMERICA, then to the tips of the top two arrowheads, and continues to the lowest feathers of the eagle's right wing. Curiously, there is a little area of die scratches or die file marks by the denticles closest to each obverse star; they vary slightly, the most prominent at the 13th star. In the denticles below the date, appear what may be the tops of numerals from the date that were originally punched in the wrong position. Just the barest tops of them are visible, and it is difficult to tell exactly what they are, but it looks to be the top of a 1 and the top of an 8. If this is the case, this is one of the most sensational misplaced dates in U.S. numismatics."