1926 $2.50 Sesquicentennial MS(PCGS#7466)
1926 $2.50 Sesquicentennial MS (PCGS#7466)
Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 3443
- 等级
- MS67
- 价格
- 154,240
- 详细说明
- Lovely rose-gold surfaces are remarkably smooth and well composed for a type that is typically offered no finer than MS-64. Lustrous and nicely frosted with a sharp strike to boot, it is little wonder that this exquisite condition rarity ranks among the very finest certified for the type.<p>Through the Act of March 3, 1925, Congress authorized the Mint to produce 200,000 quarter eagles and 1,000,000 half dollars of this commemorative, and the Philadelphia Mint struck these coins during May and June of 1926. (Additional examples of both denominations were produced for assay purposes.) These mintage figures proved wildly optimistic, with 154,207 quarter eagles and 859,408 half dollars eventually being melted as unsold. The resultant net mintage is 46,019 and 141,120 pieces, respectively (totals include 226 and 528 assay coins). In today's market, both Sesquicentennial issues are regarded as conditionally challenging, Superb Gems such as this exceedingly rare for the quarter eagle and eagerly sought by advanced collectors.