1844-C $2.50 MS (PCGS#7735)
The August 2010 Boston Rarities Sale
- 拍卖行
- Bowers & Merena
- 批号
- 1476
- 等级
- MS61
- 价格
- 81,727
- 详细说明
- 1844-C Liberty Quarter Eagle. Winter Variety 1 (6-E), the only known dies. MS-61 (NGC). Although ranking as only a median rarity in the C-mint Quarter Eagle series, the 1844-C is a leading rarity of its type in high grades. Two reasons explain why the vast majority of 1844-C Quarter Eagles extant are heavily worn, both of which resulted in extensive circulation for this issue throughout the antebellum South. First, public confidence in the privately minted Bechtler gold coinage of Rutherford County, North Carolina waned by the mid 1840s, leading to greater demand for C-mint products. Second, the lack of an 1845-C Quarter Eagle delivery meant that the 1844-C circulated to a greater extent that might not have been the case were it immediately followed by another Charlotte Mint issue of this denomination. Similar to the 1843-C Small Date and 1856-C, the 1844-C is the rarest Charlotte Mint Quarter Eagle in high grades after only the 1842-C, 1841-C and 1846-C.<br /> This olive-gold example is free of significant wear, although a characteristically soft strike explains the lack of detail to several of the features both in the centers and around the peripheries. Slight reflectivity to the luster is clearly seen, this despite the presence of light, wispy abrasions that help to define the grade. We see no individually mentionable distractions, however, and the overall appearance is quite pleasing for a BU-quality survivor of this challenging Southern gold issue.
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