1806 25C MS (PCGS#5314)
June 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 2023
- 等级
- VG10
- 价格
- 94,668
- 详细说明
- Tompkins Die Stage 1/4, Rea et al. Die State d, Rarity-8. A leading highlight of the NorthEast Collection, and a highly significant numismatic rarity whose offering in this sale will excite advanced early quarter variety enthusiasts. The Browning-8 is by far the rarest of the 10 die pairings known for the 1806-dated Draped Bust quarter issue. This variety shares its obverse with the 1806 B-6, B-7 and B-10, which die is identifiable by a perfect letter T in LIBERTY with the adjacent R higher at its base. The reverse of the 1806 B-8 is unknown in any other pairing, on which the stem touches the C in the denomination, this letter with repunching at lower left. Such is the rarity of this variety that even in VG-10 the offered coin is included in the 2010 Rea-Peterson-Karoleff-Kovach census, in which it is ranked CC#10 for the B-8 variety in its entirety.<p>This coin is of even greater significance due to the die state. It represents Die State d, as defined in the Rea et al. reference, with a prominent reverse cud break at the border outside the digits 25 in the denomination and the letters UN in UNITED. <em><strong>This is a Rarity-8 die state, with only three examples known, and this is the Discovery Coin</strong></em>. It is a wholesome, well circulated example with nice gloss on smooth-looking surfaces. Wear is heavy, as expected for the assigned grade, yet evenly distributed with all major design elements remaining bold, where allowed by strike. Generally light silver gray in color, especially on the reverse, the obverse exhibits warm blue-gray toning in the field that provides an attractive circulated cameo appearance for that side. Really a nice piece at the assigned grade level, as confirmed by CAC approval, and of the utmost importance for series specialists.
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