Deep steel and gray fields with lighter tan devices. Splashes of pale blue accent the surfaces. From the Leon Goodman Collection where this coin was described as having light scratches. We see a few very faint abrasions along with a few extremely light scratches, all expected at this grade level. An extremely pleasing example. This is a very rare variety rated Rarity-5 in the JRCS Census and was unknown to Browning. Walter Breen actually considered this to be Rarity-6. The discovery coin for this variety was sold as part of the J.H. South Collection in 1951 and remains the only Mint State example known. Just nine coins were included in the Census with this example ranking fourth. The obverse die was used for both B-4 and B-5 varieties while the reverse was also used for 1820 B-2 and 1821 B-4.

The reverse is cracked from the border through upright of E in UNITED. Light clash marks are visible.

This new variety has the obverse of 1820 B-4 and the reverse of B-2. This reverse die was later used for 1821 B-4, however, the Browning reference incorrectly stated that the latter variety shared a reverse die with 1820 B-3.

From Melnick's sale of July 1982, Lot 901.