1802/1 Half Eagle

HBCC#:

3075

Breen#:

6440

BD#:

6

Judd#:

n/a

Pollock#:

n/a

This is the second 1802/1 overdate with digit 2 high, its top touching the bust, with the previous 1 below the left side of the new digit. This reverse die meets the description for dies E and G in the Breen monograph. According to the Breen notation, this should be described as variety 2-E. Whatever it is called, this is a very rare variety considered Rarity-7 by both Walter Breen and Robert Miller.

Provenance:

From Stack's ANA Sale, August 1971, Lot 2112.

Obverse:

Reverse:

Commentary:

"Obverse: 2 over 1, the 1 is to left of center under the 2, and thin. 1 lacks its top serif. No clashing visible. Reverse: Breen's reverses G and E may be the same. Diagonal spine at left shield point. Diagonal crack thru shield."