1803 $1 Small 3, BB-252 MS(PCGS#40097)

The Regency Auction 47

拍卖行

Legend Rare Coin Auctions

批号

313

等级

MS62+

价格

379,415

详细说明

FROM THE ERIC H. TEMPLETON COLLECTION A Condition Census example, bordering on the CHOICE Mint State grade by a hair, and among the FINEST examples known, the fifth enumerated by Dave Bowers in his 2013 list of "Notable Specimens." Deeply and richly toned surfaces show off a bold mix of rosy-crimson in the centers, and working outward to the periphery in shades of gold, azure, and sea-green. A warm, glowing underlying luster blooms through the multiple layers of original patina. An exacting and powerful blow from the dies crisply rendered the design elements on both sides with just the lightest touch of weakness at the central portions, imparted, partially due to the vertical planchet adjustment marks that are seen through the central obverse. The surfaces are high end quality for the assigned grade, free of anything but the smallest ticks from contact over two centuries ago. This is a very attractive numismatic relic from the Jefferson Administration, struck the year the infant United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon. Ex Numisma '95, Stack's Session, November 1995, lot 1335; Stack's, Stack's, November 2008, lot 3744; Stack's Bowers' 2011 ANA auction, lot 7045. PCGS 1, NGC 0. A decade ago, this coin brought $46,000. The last MS63 sold in July 2009 for $85,000. Indeed the ONLY Mint State Small 3 1803 dollar graded by PCGS to sell in the last five years was the Cleneay-Baldenhofer-Ostheimer-Pogue MS64 that brought $141,000. This coin will easily surpass the current PCGS Price Guide value of $40,000. What a great coin! Good luck! Cert. Number 26825240 PCGS # 6900.00