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1809 FIVE DOLLARS
OR HALF EAGLE
PCGS No: 8104
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 33,875
Proofs: 0
Designer: John Reich
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:
All 1809 Half Eagle are overdates, with an "8" visible
beneath the "9" of the date.
The finest Uncirculated example graded by PCGS is a single MS-66.
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Images courtesy of Hanks
& Associates
Significant examples:
Select Uncirculated (illustrated
above). The Rogers collection.
PCGS MS-64. Superior
Galleries' "Pre-Long Beach" Sale, June 5-7, 2000, Lot 2182, sold
for $25,300.00 "to the book"
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-62. Ex - Superior
Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite Coin Auction, May 25-27, 2003,
Lot
3689, sold for
$9,200.00
NGC MS-62. Ex - Superior
Galleries' "The ANA 2001 National Money Show Auction", March
8-9, 2001, Lot 805, "Breen-6458", unsold
NGC AU-55. Ex - Ira
& Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s "Benson
Collection, Part I", February 16, 18-20, 2001, Lot 4006, "9 over
8, Miller-108, Rarity-3", illustrated, sold for $3,450.00
Choice Extremely Fine,
lightly toned. Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale",
October 17-19, 2000, Lot
1725, plated, sold for $3,450.00
EF-45, Scratches, cleaned. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s
"Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 6020, not
illustrated, sold for $1,840.00 From the Clyde Godfrey Collection
Net VF-35, sharpness EF-45. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries'
"The Cabinet of Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part II", March 15-17,
2001, Lot 114, "Breen-6458, Breen-1A, Overdate", sold for
$1,265.00
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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