Logan-McCloskey Plate Coin, Page 145. Very lightly worn on the highest design points. The fields are considerably mirrored, especially on the obverse, with nearly full lustre. Light gray surfaces with lovely gold and blue toning on the obverse. Very faint gold toning on the reverse. A scarce variety although with several higher grade examples known. Sharply defined obverse and reverse details. Tied for third finest of 14 coins recorded in the Census.

This die marriage was first described by Walter Breen in The Coin Collector’s Journal, issue #160, 1958. At that time, Breen noted that the Eliasberg Proof example was the only one observed, although he speculated that the Neil coin, Lot 1522, may have been this variety.

This is the second use of obverse 3 and the first use of reverse D. The reverse was later used for 1829 LM-5.

Purchased March 1996 at a Cleveland, Ohio coin show.