Lot 1074
1834 $5 Classic Head. Crosslet 4. SEGS graded MS-62. A frosty mint speciman loaded with luster with tiny contact marks in the fields on both sides. Our grade is MS60. Very rare variety and seldom seen in high grade. William Kneass prepared this half eagle design and similar quarter eagles. Except for the hair treatment, they are slightly different. Otherwise they are identical designs. The obverse is fashioned after Classic Head half cents and large cents created years earlier by John Reich. Kneass' reverse is a copy of the previous half eagle reverse without the motto above the eagle.
This First Head type has a large head close to the stars above and distant from the date, with either a plain 4 in the date or one with a crosslet on the right arm of the numeral, as here.
Estimated Value $10,000 - 12,000.
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| Realized $14,375 |
