1839. Large letters, type of 1838. VF-35. Probably cleaned some time ago, with a few hairlines in the fields, and with some coppery toning near the date. Popular two-year type design with the sweep of hair over Liberty's ear, which was modified in late 1839 to the style which continued until 1907. The all-important obverse is presentable, with no problems worthy of note, the reverse has one small bruise located over the E of AMERICA near the rim. Well struck.
There is minute evidence that this coin may have been double struck, on the border near the eleventh star there are three star points of what may be a first off-center strike. With the new high pressure steam coining press, all other evidence of was obliterated by the centered strike. A coin that deserves close examination as any gold striking error is extremely rare, especially on this important two-year type coin.
