Lot 1342
1854-D $5 Liberty. Sharpness of MS-60 but a seawater coin. Found in a hoard of these that was recovered from the ocean floor, hence the surfaces show some minor water action which softens the mint surfaces somewhat. Strong D mintmark on the reverse. There is a short scrape on the right wing of the eagle into the field to the two upper arrow points. Well struck for the date, although weak on the eagle's neck and a few of the upper curls on Liberty as well as most of the dentils. Salvaged in 1972, Breen says little else about the source of these.
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| Realized $1,840 |
