1802/1 Half Eagle

HBCC#:

3076

Breen#:

6440

BD#:

7

Judd#:

n/a

Pollock#:

n/a

Variety 2-F is quickly identified by the high overdate, and by imperfectly formed T’s on the reverse. Walter Breen recorded examples from both obverse dies in combination with this reverse. Only this example, known as Breen 2-F, is known today. This variety is probably Rarity-5, although Walter Breen considered it a major rarity in his 1966 monograph.

Provenance:

Purchased from Stack's, July 23, 1971.

Obverse:

Reverse:

Commentary:

"Obverse: 2 over 1 (1 left of center). Crack at star 5. Clashed. Reverse: Cracks."