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Images
courtesy of David
Akers Numismatics, Inc.
Varieties:
Small Date, Small Letters
Small Date, Large Letters
Significant
examples:
PCGS Proof-63 (illustrated above). Ex - Thomas
Cleneay, Lot 619 - William H. Woodin (displayed at the 1914 ANA
convention) - Colonel E.H.R. Green - Palace Collection of Egypt sale (King Farouk of
Egypt), Lot 249 (along with 17 other coins) - John Jay Pittman - David Akers Numismatics, Inc.
"The John Jay Pittman Collection", October 21-23, 1997, Lot 955,
illustrated, "...a die break that literally bisects the reverse; it
runs from the bottom rim through the left side of the E in FIVE to the
eagle, then exits from the top of the eagle's head past the right side of
the T to the rim." - Bowers and
Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV
Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 371, "Small Letters",
illustrated, sold for $66,700.00
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-61. Ex - Ira & Larry
Goldberg Coin & Collectibles' "The Fairchild Family Trust
Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001, Lot 1365, "Large
Letters", illustrated, sold for $8,050.00
AU-55. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of
Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part II", March 15-17, 2001, Lot 132,
"Breen-6536, Small Letters" Not sold From the Bowers &
Merena sale of the Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part II, October 1999,
Lot 955; earlier from Stack's sale of the Davis Collection, Feb. 1968, Lot
276
PCGS AU-55. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coin & Collectibles'
"The Fairchild Family Trust Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001,
Lot 1364, "SMall Letters", illustrated, sold for $3,335.00
PCGS AU-53. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W.
Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 372,
"Large Letters", illustrated, sold for $2,530.00 Purchased from Stanley Kesselman, June
30, 1967
EF-40, Cleaned. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s
"Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 6023,
"Small Letters", not illustrated, not sold
Notes:
Only two Proof examples are known. One is in the National
Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution; the other is the
Pittman-Bass coin listed above.
The finest Uncirculated "Small Letters" example graded by
PCGS is a single MS-66.
The finest Uncirculated
"Large Letters" example graded by PCGS is a single MS-63.
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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