1825/4/(2) 25C Browning 2 MS(PCGS#38975)

The Regency Auction 27

拍卖行

Legend Rare Coin Auctions

批号

286

等级

MS65

价格

223,145

详细说明

This is the famed GEM Eliasberg-Pogue B-2. Described in the first part of the D. Brent Pogue sale as follows: "Bright powder blue peripheral toning is present on both obverse and reverse, the obverse center chiefly brilliant with a blend of deeper silver gray and faint rose, while the reverse is a warmer combination of rose and gold. Both sides are thoroughly lustrous, showing strong cartwheels, and soundly struck, with fine details from center to rim. Some light abrasions are noted on Liberty’s cheek, and some light milky encrustation is hidden among the reverse legend and denticles at MERICA. An important specimen of this die variety, struck from the perfect state of the dies." The full pedigree is listed as: Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection, Bowers and Merena’s sale of the Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection, April 1997, lot 1389; Heritage’s sale of September 1997, lot 7016; Dr. Juan XII Soros Collection; Superior Galleries’s sale of the Dr. Juan XII Soros Collection, February 1999, lot 140; Bowers and Merena’s sale of the Flannagan, Hinckley, and Wong Collections, November 2001, lot 6208; purchased privately from Karl and Sarah Hirtzinger, at the Midwinter American Numismatic Association Convention in Jacksonville, Florida, by sale, March 9, 2002; D. Brent Pogue Collection, Stack's Bowers Galleries/Sotheby's, May 2015, lot 1075, which realized $32,900. Three pairs of dies were used to strike quarters dated 1825. For years, these different dies were identified as 25/2, 25/3, or 25/4. More recent study has revealed that these were struck using a left over die with the 1824/2 overdate. The B-2 variety is the more "common" of the 3 die pairings, but with its great provenance and lofty grade, this coin is anything but common! PCGS 2, NGC 4, CAC 2. There are two examples graded MS66 finer at PCGS. This is a very rare opportunity for any advanced collector to have a second chance to purchase a Pogue coin in the after market; it is a known fact that the vast majority of the coins in the Pogue collection sold to collectors. It may well be a long time until you have another chance to own a GEM Pogue quarter. Cert. Number 08792919 PCGS # 38975