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$5.00 - 1836 Script 8, NGC AU50
$5.00 - 1836 Script 8, NGC AU50
Date…….1836 Script 8
Grade…….NGC AU50
PCGS Price Guide.…………2000 (for base variety)
Population (PCGS).…….…..119/394 (all varieties)
Population (NGC)..…...…….112/763
Serial Number……66062340-013
PCGS Lookup Number.…...Variety #765240/ Base #8174
1836 SCRIPT 8 $5.00 GRADED AU50 BY NGC
HM-9, R-7. An exceedingly rare variety and the finest known of just six or so known.
This extremely rare variety is quickly identifiable by its short 1 in the date and the U in UNITED first punched too far to the left. It is the single rarest variety of all the Classic Head half eagle series, and this exact coin is both the finest known and the discovery. What looks to be a deep scratch in the inner left obverse field is a significant die break that was clearly the reason why this obverse die was quickly retired.
If you want to assemble the ultimate set of Classic Head varieties, you need this coin.
From the Seattle Collection and ex Heritage 2022 FUN: 4393 where it sold for $15,600; earlier in the McCloskey Collection.
