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1811 FIVE DOLLARS
OR HALF EAGLE
PCGS Nos: 8109, 8110
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 99,581
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:
The finest "Small 5" examples graded by PCGS
are 10 MS-64's.
The finest
"Tall 5" example graded by PCGS is a single MS-66.
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Images courtesy of Hanks
& Associates
Select Uncirculated (illustrated
above). The Rogers collection.
Varieties:
Small 5
Tall 5
Recent appearances:
MS-61. Ex - Bowers & Merena
Galleries' "The Cabinet of Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part II", March
15-17, 2001, Lot 115, "Breen-6463, Breen-1A, Tall 5" sold for
$7,475.00
NGC AU-58. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale",
August 6-7, 2000, Lot 7215, "B-1b", illustrated, sold for
$4,025.00
AU-58. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 321,
"Breen-1a, Tall 5", illustrated, sold for $4,600.00 From Stack's ANA sale, August 1971,
Lot 2130
About Uncirculated. Ex
- Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale", October 17-19, 2000, Lot
1727, "Breen 1-A, Miller 115", not plated, sold for $3,737.50
Sharpness of EF-40 but
burnished. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles,
Inc.'s "Benson Collection, Part I", February 16, 18-20, 2001,
Lot 4007, illustrated, sold for $1,725.00
Sources and 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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