RARE FIVE DOLLAR GOLD HALF-EAGLE LIBERTY "CORONET HEAD"
1847-OVER-7 VARIETY
CERTIFIED BY NGC ABOUT UNCIRCULATED 58
OBV: LIBERTY HEAD LEFT WITH CORONET HEAD BAND INSCRIBED WITH WORD "LIBERTY", ENCIRCLED BY 13 SIX-POINTED STARS; DATE BELOW.
REV: AMERICAN BALD EAGLE ARMS WITH AMERICAN HERALDIC SHIELD ON BREAST AND CLUTCHING ARROWS AND OLIVE BRANCHES IN TALONS; DENOMINATION BELOW.
BREEN # 6570 (1847 DOUBLE 7) RARE
THIS CORONET HEAD DESIGN WAS USED BETWEEN 1839 AND 1907, WITHOUT THE INCLUSION OF MOTTO "IN GOD WE TRUST" ON BANNER OVER EAGLE REVERSE UNTIL 1866.
VARIETY CALLED "7 OVER SMALLER 7" (AS IN CENTS), DATE PARTLY EFFACED BEFORE CORECTION WITH SAME LOGOTYPE USED.
CONTAINS 8.359 GRAMS OF .900 FINE GOLD (.2419 OZ AGW)
22 MM IN DIAMETER
DESIGNED BY CHRISTIAN GOBRECHT (THIRD CHIEF ENGRAVER OF THE U.S. MINT 1835-1844)
