1855 -C $2.5 gold piece error??

rooksmith

Just saw this on ebay. If I were a rich man. I would buy it just for the 5's

RYK

I have also always liked the italicized 5's. You can get them with a less expensive Philly piece.

rooksmith

The link to the auction

Is that second 5 slightly more italicized? pretty wild...

CharlotteDude

All of Charlotte's date logos of the 1850s carried the italicized "5", with the exception of the 1856 Half Eagle (the 1856 QE's 5 IS italicized) and all other dates produced from 1857 to 1859. The degree varies somewhat (the 1850 HE and 1857 $1 dates show only slightly italicized 5's, whereas the 1855 dates (all 3 denoms) are highly italicized. So they went from this:





To this:




Then to this:



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cameron12x

Steve--that's quite a collection of italics you've got going on there!

ambro51

From what ive read longacre looked the look of the slanted five

rooksmith

I love the itallicized 5's ..