A ridiculous MPD - 1847 $5
Boosibri
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The 1847 $5's have a few MPD's which have become quite common to see slabbed as a minor variety. The vast majority of these have barely noticeable 7 peaking out from the denticles (FS-301) and seem to be just as common as the normal 1847 $5. There is one MPD, FS-302, which features the "1" dramatically placed at Liberty's throat, nearly 1/3rd of the way up the face of the coin. I always look for these when viewing half eagles and in 10 years I have never found one until about 3 months ago on a well known and well respected dealers site. I gave him a small premium to his ask for the variety which deserves a premium.
The coin itself is PCGS EF45 CAC and shows in the images a few lines which are not noticeable in hand, my poor lighting set up bringing them all out.
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Nice!
Very cool!!
Neat... I used to own this 1847/7 in denticles MPD.
It luckily sold on eBay at a profit just as I was walking up the stairs from the basement with an insane heating system repair quote. Which luckily thanks to YouTube I fixed on my own for $1,370.00 less than the service guy wanted.
Very nice!!!
Congrats on your pickup.
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That's a really cool MPD. Thanks for showing it to us.
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AWesome coin, @Boosibri
Someone was having a bad day when that punch was applied.
I like those repunchings so much more than the "in the denticles" types.
Never found them interesting.
Similar to Snow 1 in the neck. Nice find. Congrats!
Really cool. Never knew it existed.
Thanks for posting!
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Quite a number of left-to-right hairlines or scratches?
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Very interesting MPD variety - never seen such an errant punch. Thanks for sharing!
That's really cool. Maybe the mint worker sneezed just as the hammer was coming down?
That is pretty cool and if you know what to look for, it’s very noticeable.
Do you remember what was wrong with your system? I work in HVAC so I’m curious.
That is a neat MPD!
Is this definitely a "1"? The crossbar looks thinner. Could it be a dropped letter?
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Awesome!
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1847 is a great year for MPD's. I have made (attributed) two (of the three in PCGS holders) 25C MPDs.
That is a nice piece of old gold!
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Very Cool! But I agree that the serif is not the same as the date 1. Where would that have come from? Any chance of a clash?
These two 1847 $5 MPD varieties were listed in Breen's encyclopedia, also CP, also in my MPD book.
When I studied these in the 90s, I found that there were not uncommon, would see them listed in Teletrade.
Had overlaid the 1 of the date over the 1 in the neck, perfect fit.
The skinny serif on top of the 1 in the neck is more likely due to two reasons.
1. The digits on the date punch are thinner on top than the bottom, this creates a pointed top and easier to punch into the die. If only the top of the digit touches, it would create a lighter image.
2. The date punch was more likely dropped at an angle with the right side lower, producing a greater depth of image strike on the right side of the 1 than the serif.
Kevin