1825/4/2 25C B-1 MS(PCGS#38974)

November 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

2061

等级

VF30

价格

29,011

详细说明

Tompkins Die Stage 1/1, Rea et al. Die State P. Richly and originally toned surfaces exhibit golden-blue undertones to dominant steel-olive patina. Uncommonly smooth overall, especially relative to the assigned grade, with ample boldness of detail remaining to the major design elements. After a limited delivery of 16,000 coins on December 31, 1823 (the entire mintage for the 1824/2), the Mint delivered no more quarter dollars until December of 1825. The four warrants delivered that month amounted to 168,000 coins, the generally accepted mintage for the 1825-dated issue. With no more coins delivered for circulation until December 1827, it is clear that contemporary bullion depositors still sought this denomination in limited numbers compared to others, especially the half dollar - this situation of limited commercial demand had prevailed since the first quarter dollars were delivered in 1796.<p>The three die marriages of the 1825-dated issue employ two obverse and three reverse dies, both of the former 1825/4/2 overdates that Steve M. Tompkins believes were initially prepared by Christian Gobrecht late in 1823, at which time he also prepared the obverse die used for the 1824/2 issue. When the former were not needed for coinage in 1824, both dies were overdated to 1825/4/2 by William Kneass, the new chief engraver, for employment in the deliveries of December 1825. The obverse die of the 1825/4/2 Browning-1 appears only in this pairing, but its reverse is shared with the 1823/2 B-1 rarity, the key date 1824/2 B-1, and the 1828 B-2.<p>The 1825/4/2 B-1 is rare and difficult to acquire in all grades. Only two Mint State coins are known: the Eliasberg-Gardner specimen that appeared as PCGS/CAC MS-63 in Heritage's October 2014 sale of the latter collection; and the Eric P. Newman specimen sold as NGC/CAC MS-64 * in the same firm's November 2013 Newman II Sale and now certified MS-64 by PCGS and CAC. The balance of the Condition Census is populated by AU coins, then followed by a handful of nice EFs. With offerings for this variety usually few and far between, especially with CAC approval, we urge interested parties to prepare an aggressive bidding strategy for this premium Choice VF coin.