1872 $2.50 MS(PCGS#7815)

October 2018 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

2112

等级

MS63

价格

87,756

详细说明

Rare Choice Mint State 1872 Liberty Head Quarter Eagle Nearly the Finest Known Seldom Offered At Public Auction 1872 Liberty Head Quarter Eagle. MS-63 PL (NGC). The present example is an incredibly significant offering for specialists in Liberty Head gold coinage. The surfaces display lovely medium-gold coloration and an overall sharp strike for the issue. Considerable prooflike reflectivity shimmers throughout the fields and starkly contrasts the more frosty luster across the design elements. A few trivial marks are scattered throughout but none of which are particularly distracting. An attractive and important 19th Century rarity. The 1872 Liberty Head quarter eagle boasts one of the lowest mintages of the era at just 3,000 pieces. Perhaps as few as 70 examples remain today, though the vast majority of these are heavily circulated. Gold specialist David Akers called the issue "a favorite of [his], particularly in Uncirculated condition" and noted that he has "seen fewer Uncs. of this date than [he has] proofs." The current specimen is among the top survivors of this elusive issue, tied for finest at NGC with only two other examples, and ranking as the sole finest piece within the Prooflike designation. Only the Bass specimen ranks numerically finer at MS-64 (PCGS), which we had the pleasure of handling in our October 1999 sale of the Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part II. The present offering represents the first auction appearance of a Choice Mint State example in nearly a decade, an occasional which was last marked by the sale of an MS-63 (NGC) example in our August 2010 Boston Rarities Auction for $11,628. We are certain that collectors will be anxiously awaiting this opportunity to acquire one of the more pristine survivors from this issue, and it is an opportunity that may not arise for another generation. NGC Census: 1; none finer in any designation. PCGS# 7815. NGC ID: 25KK. Click here for certification details from NGC.