 1795 Br.2-C (R-5). Wide Date, Small Eagle. Brilliant Uncirculated. Beautifully centered strike shows a trace of weakness at the eyebrow, pleasing uniform gold with a minute tic or two noted for accuracy. This is one of the most distinctive varieties of this historic first date of Half Eagle coinage. The obverse shows stars 1 and 15 firmly touching curl and drapery, 'L' touching cap, '5' touching bust. There are two center dots and the 5th star and 'T' are boldly recut. This reverse shows four berries, three spurs right of the last 'S' and a patch of rust dots right of 'F.' Only 8,707 were struck, including all varieties. Here is a coin destined for some important Type, date or variety collection.
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