CHOICE AU 1810 LARGE DATE, LARGE 5 HALF EAGLE WITH CAC APPROVAL

BD-4, R-2.

This is the most available of the four distinct varieties of 1810 half eagles. The 1810 Large Date, Large 5 is available without great difficulty in AU grades but probably no more than one in four coins offered for sale is worthy of approval at CAC. A total of 57 have been graded between the two services (this likely represents around 40-45 actual coins) with a dozen having been stickered.

This piece is notable for its vivid peripheral color with rich reddish shades contrasting natural green-gold towards the centers. There is excellent luster and sharp detail as well as choice, unmarked surfaces. A small raised line below stars four and five on the obverse is mint-made and is found on many examples of this variety.

There have been a surprising lack of APRs for this variety in PCGS/CAC AU55 and this exact coin (see below) was the last to cross the block; it realized $8,913 back in August 2011. In August 2020, a PCGS/CAC AU58 sold for $12,338.

This is a perfect example for the type collector.

CAC has approved 12 in this grade with 49 finer.

From the Pacifica Collection and earlier sold as Lot 9357 in Stack’s Bowers 2011 Summer ANA auction where it sold for $8,913; ex Raji Collection, Stack’s 6/1982.

From the Pacifica Collection

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