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1802 FIVE DOLLARS
OR HALF EAGLE
PCGS No: 8083
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 53,176
Proofs: 0
Designer: Robert Scot
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)
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Images courtesy of Superior
Galleries
Significant examples:
PCGS MS-66. Ex - Norman
Stack - Offered by Hanks &
Associates, Inc. for $185,000 in the September 20, 1999 issue of Coin
World
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-64. Ex- Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach Sale"
October 5-7, 2000, Lot 7587, "B-2, Miller-52, 1802/1",
illustrated, sold for $18,400.00
NGC MS-62. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s, "Summer
2001 Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 8929,
"B-1a, Miller-46", plated, sold for $8,280.00 From the
Clyde Godfrey Collection
NGC MS-61 (illustrated above). Ex -
Superior Galleries' "Pre-Long Beach Sale", June 5-7, 2000, Lot
2179, sold for $7,245.00 "to the book"
NGC AU-58. Ex
– American Numismatic Rarities, LLC’s “The Classics Sale,”
July 25, 2003
, Lot
696, "1802/1, Breen 1-D, B-6440, Rarity-4", illustrated, sold
for $5,060.00 On the variety (Low Overdate) offered here, the
date is lower in the field and considerably away from the bust; on another
variety of the year, the "High Overdate," the date numerals are
considerably closer to the bust above, with the 2 virtually touching the
bust line.
AU-58. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 301,
"Breen-21, High Overdate", illustrated, sold for $4,600.00
From Superior's sale of the
Charles Ruby Collection, February 1974, Lot 1790
NGC AU-58. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The
Rarities Sale", January 3, 2001, Lot 498, "1802/1, Breen-6440,
B-2f", illustrated, sold for $4,370.00
About Uncirculated. Ex - Stack's "The Marvin Taichert
Collection of U.S. Type Coins", May 9, 2001, Lot 38, "Breen-1j,
not in Miller, the Breen discovery coin", plated, sold for $8,625.00
Ex Abner Kreisberg's sale of November 30, 1964, lot 2346
NGC AU-53. Ex - Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach"
Elite Coin Auction, May 25-27, 2003, Lot 3677, "2 over 1", sold
for $5,520.00
AU-50. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W.
Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 302,
"Breen-2F, High Overdate", illustrated, sold for $3,680.00
From Stack's sale of November
1974, Lot 110
EF-45. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W.
Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 303,
"Breen-1C, Low Overdate", illustrated, sold for $1,725.00 From Quality Sales
Corporation's sale of the John A. Beck Collection, February 1976, Lot 352
EF-40. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W.
Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 304,
"Breen-1D, Low Overdate", illustrated, sold for $3,220.00 From Quality Sales
Corporation's sale of the John A. Beck Collection, February 1976, Lot 353
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated example graded by PCGS is a single MS-66.
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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