1843 10C PR(PCGS#4730)

August 2011 Chicago ANA - Rarities Night

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

7280

等级

PR64

价格

124,880

详细说明

1843 Seated Liberty Dime. Proof-64 (PCGS). CAC. The proof variant of the 1843 Seated Liberty dime is a major rarity at all levels of preservation. Struck during a time when the United States Mint had not yet began to market&nbsp;these specially prepared pieces to a wider audience of contemporary collectors,&nbsp;proof coinage in the early to mid 1840s was&nbsp;prepared in very limited numbers for distribution to a handful of numismatists and/or for presentation or other official purposes. Since no records on the number of proofs struck during that decade were kept, we will probably never know exactly how many 1843 dimes were initially prepared in this format. Tracking&nbsp;auction and other market appearances can help determine the number of coins extant, however, and the current online version of <em>The PCGS Population Report </em>offers an estimate of just eight to 12 pieces surviving in all grades.<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ongoing research being conducted by this cataloger (Jeff Ambio) has identified only a single die marriage for the proof 1843 Seated dime, the reverse of which was also used to strike most other proof dimes from the 1840s. The present example is only the third <em>different </em>example of this issue to pass through his hands in more than 10 years of tracking early proof Seated coinage consigned to auction. Beautifully toned in dominant gray-apricot and silver-pink patina, more direct angles reveal the greatest vividness to intermingled blue and salmon-pink highlights. Fully struck, to include broad and squared off rims, one will need a loupe to discern what few trivial contact marks are present to preclude a full Gem rating. Rare in an absolute sense, and of even greater importance as the single finest certified example of the issue listed at PCGS.