1800 Half Eagle

HBCC#:

3070

Breen#:

6438

BD#:

2

Judd#:

n/a

Pollock#:

n/a

This variety is known as Breen 1-B and is an attractive example of a scarcer variety. Mintage of half eagles in 1800 totaled 11,622 coins. Additionally, 26,006 coins were minted in 1801. Some of these were certainly dated 1799; however, the mintage of coins bearing the 1800 date must have been a significant portion of the total. In his Complete Encyclopedia, Walter Breen identified the 1800 mintage as being the total of both figures, or 37,628 coins.

Provenance:

From Stack's sale of the Stewart Collection, May 1972, Lot 1743.

Obverse:

Reverse:

Commentary:

"Obverse: Dished thru LIBERTY. Reverse: Clashed."