1819 $5 BD-1, 5D/50 (Regular Strike)
Series: Capped Bust $5 1807-1834
PCGS MS65
PCGS MS65
- PCGS #:
- 45655
- Designer:
- Robert Scot & John Reich
- Edge:
- Reeded
- Diameter:
- 25.00 millimeters
- Weight:
- 8.75 grams
- Mintage:
- 51,723
- Mint:
- Philadelphia
- Metal:
- 91.7% Gold, 8.3% Copper
- Auction Record:
- $444,000 • MS65 • 08-09-2020 • Heritage Auctions
Die Varieties
- 1819 $5 BD-1, 5D/50
Condition Census What Is This?
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#1 MS65 PCGS grade
Joseph J. Mickley, purchased before 1867 - William Sumner Appleton - John Schayer - W. Elliot Woodward, sold privately on 1/23/1883 - T. Harrison Garrett Collection - Robert Garrett Collection - John Work Garrett Collection - Johns Hopkins University Collection - Bowers & Ruddy 11/1979:462, $85,000 - Stanley Kesselman - R.E. “Ted” Naftzger, Jr. Collection - Paramount Fixed Price List of the Naftzger Collection, sold privately in 10/1981 - D. Brent Pogue Collection - Stack's/Bowers 2/2016:3153 |
This is an unusual variety caused when the engraver mistakenly punched a 0 into the die where the D (of DOLLAR) was supposed to go. Rather thad discard the die and start anew, the engraver simply punched a D over the 0. Actually, this error occured in 1818, then the die was reused in 1819. Based on the dramatic shift of the 5 to the left, it is possible the engraver was confused and thought he was working on a Half Dollar die, but this is purely speculation.
The 1819 $5 5D/50 is a rare variety -- Dannreuther wrote that less than 20 were known. The finest example is a single PCGS MS65 from the Garrett Collection.