1925 25C, FH MS(PCGS#5753)

1925 25C, FH MS (PCGS#5753)

The March 2013 Baltimore Auction

详细说明: 1925 Standing Liberty Quarter. MS-67+ FH (PCGS). CAC. Secure Holder. Inspired quality for a 1925 Standing Liberty quarter, with mint fresh luster throughout and toned with a light glaze of lemon-gold to blazing silver-white. The strike was powerful and delivered the depth in the designs always desired but seldom seen on the finished coin. Clean and fresh in terms of handling, this prize apparently never banged around in a mint bag as the surfaces are just too close to perfection. The fields and devices are incredible and stand up to the closest examination. One of just two so graded by PCGS, with none seen finer in any designation, and arguably one of the finest known of this date and mint.<br /> <br /> As 1925 began, the Philadelphia Mint again adjusted Hermon A. MacNeil’s design. The dates were placed too high on early dies,  and thus the digits wore away long before the rest of the design became indistinct.  This was remedied by recessing the background of the date into the die, protecting the digits.  A little known fact is that the two branch mints did not participate in this design change until the next year. This present example is one of the two finest certified by PCGS and a condition rarity of the highest order.