{"product_id":"1821-5-ms63-pcgs-cac-ex-chapman-bass","title":"1821 $5 MS63 PCGS CAC EX CHAPMAN\/ BASS","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eSecond Finest of the Major Rarity. PCGS Price Guide $425,000. 16 Estimated in all grades. CAC Pop 1 and 1 finer. The 1821 half eagle is one of the great rarities of the Capped Head series. John Dannreuther estimates that approximately 12 to 15 examples of BD-1 survive, including two proofs, one of which resides permanently in the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution. The substantially rarer BD-2 is believed to exist in a mere two or three examples. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eRich yellow-gold and green-gold color blankets both sides. Considerable mint luster remains across the well-preserved fields, producing an attractive satiny glow as the coin rotates beneath a light. Only minor, grade-consistent contact is present, and none materially diminishes the coin’s commanding appearance. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eAlthough the reported mintage for 1821 was 34,631 pieces, nearly the entire production disappeared through circulation, exportation, and melting. Early United States gold coins contained more gold than their stated face value relative to prevailing international exchange rates, encouraging widespread bullion speculation and destruction. By the 1830s, vast quantities of earlier half eagles had been melted, leaving many dates represented by only a handful of survivors. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"description\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoster of 1821 BD-1 Half Eagles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"description\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMS66+ PCGS CAC.\u003c\/b\u003e Abe Kosoff; Texas collector (possibly Jeff Browning, John Murrell, or Robert Schermerhorn); Roy E. Naftzger Fixed Price List (Paramount, 1981); Mack and Brent Pogue in April 1982; Pogue Collection, Part IV (Stack's Bowers, 5\/2016), lot 4025, realized $564,000.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"description\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMS63 PCGS CAC.\u003c\/b\u003e David S. Wilson Collection (S.H. Chapman, 3\/1907), lot 72; later, Wolfson Collection (Stack's, 10\/1962), lot 365; Nate Shapero Collection (Stack's, 10\/1971), lot 975; Harry W. Bass, Jr.; Harry W. Bass, Jr. Core Collection, Part II (Heritage, 1\/2023), lot 9045. \u003cb\u003eThe present coin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"description\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"description\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMS63+ PCGS.\u003c\/b\u003e Possibly William Cutler Atwater Collection (B. Max Mehl, 6\/1946), lot 1639; Amon Carter, Sr.; Amon Carter, Jr.; Amon Carter Family Collection (Stack's, 1\/1984), lot 659; Pre-Long Beach Sale (Goldberg Auctions, 1\/2014), lot 1777, realized $540,500; European collector, via Joe O'Connor; FUN Signature (Heritage, 1\/2015), lot 4291, realized $352,500 to Doug Winter; McCoy Family Collection (Heritage, 8\/2020), lot 3993.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"description\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMS62 NGC.\u003c\/b\u003e George Seavey, exhibited before the Boston Numismatic Society on February 14, 1869; Seavey Descriptive Catalog (William Strobridge, 6\/1873), lot 437; Lorin G. Parmelee, who purchased Seavey's collection intact before the date of the sale; Parmelee Collection (New York Coin \u0026amp; Stamp, 6\/1890), lot 930; Harlan Page Smith Collection (S.H. \u0026amp; H. Chapman, 5\/1906), lot 209; John H. Clapp; Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. in 1942, via Stack's; Eliasberg estate; United States Gold Coin Collection (Bowers and Ruddy, 10\/1982), lot 377; Pre-Long Beach Auction (Superior, 5\/2006), lot 1104.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"description\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAU58 PCGS.\u003c\/b\u003e F.C.C. Boyd; World's Greatest Collection (Numismatic Gallery, 1\/1946), lot 370; Memorable Collection (Numismatic Gallery, 3\/1948), lot 320; Adolphe Menjou Collection (Numismatic Gallery, 6\/1950), lot 1466; Farish Baldenhofer Collection (Stack's, 11\/1955), lot 1238; FUN Signature (Heritage, 1\/2012), lot 4673, realized $161,000.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"description\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAU55.\u003c\/b\u003e Colonel E.H.R. Green; C.T. Weihman; Josiah K. Lilly; National Numismatic Collection, Smithsonian Institution. Grade by Garrett and Guth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"description\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAU55 NGC.\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph J. Mickley; W. Elliot Woodward; William Sumner Appleton; John C. Schayer; Woodward again; T. Harrison Garrett on January 17, 1883; Robert Garrett; John Wok Garrett; Johns Hopkins University; Garrett Collection, Part I (Bowers and Ruddy, 11\/1979), lot 464; October Sale (Superior, 10\/1990), lot 2094; Pre-Long Beach Sale (Superior, 5\/2003), lot 3697; Frog Run Farm Collection (American Numismatic Rarities, 11\/2004), lot 1797; Baltimore Auction (Bowers and Merena, 3\/2009), lot 3707; FUN Signature (Heritage, 1\/2014), lot 5427.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"description\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAU55 NGC.\u003c\/b\u003e Belden Roach Collection (B. Max Mehl, 2\/1944), lot 545; Jerome Kern Collection (B. Max Mehl, 5\/1950), lot 355; ANA Convention Sale (Stack's, 8\/1976), lot 2938; March Sale (Stack's, 3\/1983), lot 1294; purchased privately from Stack's by the owner of the Rajj Collection, 4\/1983; Rajj Collection (Stack's Bowers, 8\/2011), lot 7671.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"description\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAU55 PCGS.\u003c\/b\u003e Golden Sale (Kreisberg-Schulman, 3\/1962), lot 2483; S.S. Forrest, Jr. Collection (Stack's, 9\/1972), lot 209; Robison Collection (Stack's, 2\/1979), lot 357; Blue Moon Collection (Stack's Bowers, 3\/2017), lot 2330; Del Loy Hansen. From a tiny planchet flaw on the neck we believe this coin might be the one S.H. Chapman described in lot 943 of the Gilbert D. Kingman Collection (Chapman, 2\/1920). Chapman noted the coin had been in the same family holding since 1823.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"description\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/coins.ha.com\/itm\/early-half-eagles\/1821-5-bd-1-high-r6-ms63-pcgs-cac\/a\/1376-4310.s?type=DA-DMC-PCGS-USCoins-1376-08122024\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgs.com\/cert\/48790403\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePCGS Cert Verification #\u003cspan\u003e48790403\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• PCGS Price Guide - $425,000\u003cbr\u003e• PCGS POP - 2\/2\u003cbr\u003e• PCGS Price Guide Variety - \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e$425,000\u003cbr\u003e• PCGS POP Variety- 1\/2\u003cbr\u003e• CAC Price Guide - $360,000\u003cbr\u003e• CAC POP - 1\/1\u003cbr\u003e• CAC Price Guide Variety- \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e$360,000\u003cbr\u003e• CAC POP Variety- 1\/0\u003cbr\u003e• \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePCGS Coin# \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003ca class=\"underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgs.com\/coinfacts\/coin\/detail\/519929\/63\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e519929 \u003c\/a\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e(Variety of:#\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003ca class=\"underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgs.com\/coinfacts\/coin\/detail\/8129\/63\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e8129\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca class=\"underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgs.com\/coinfacts\/coin\/detail\/519929\/63\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PCGS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52874263724344,"sku":"48790403","price":375000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0262\/3891\/0535\/files\/1821_5MS63PCGSCACEXCHAPMANBASS_2.png?v=1788529630","url":"https:\/\/paradimecoins.com\/products\/1821-5-ms63-pcgs-cac-ex-chapman-bass","provider":"Paradime Coins","version":"1.0","type":"link"}