The Collectors' Auction 2008
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Please Note: A 15% Buyers' Premium is added to the hammer price of all lots in this sale.
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Lot Title:
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1859-C ANACS AU-50 Details, Cleaned-Rims Filed..
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Description:
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ANACS has disqualified this half-eagle from a straight grade on account of cleaning and filed rims on the left side of both obverse and reverse, but aside from the disclaimed issues, this is actually a fairly pleasing example, with a strike that is better than average for coins from the Charlotte mint. Very little original mint luster remains, and though the surfaces are chattery as usual, none of the blemishes are singularly distracting.
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Low Estimate:
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$1,450.00 |
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High Estimate:
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$1,700.00 |
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Lot Status:
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Bidding has been closed for this lot. |
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$1,350.00
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Price history for items of the same classification:
| Lot # | Auction | Current Bid or Hammer Price | Description |
| 1052 | The Midwest Summer Sale 2010 on 07/23/2010 | $1,600.00 |
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1859-C PCGS XF-40.
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Charlotte gold is surely among the more difficult areas of American coinage to grade, since strike quality was so uneven throughout the history of that branch mint. In the case of this 1859-C, the... |
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| 1024 | The Collectors' Auction 2007 on 10/19/2007 | $800.00 |
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1859-C ANACS AU-50 Details, Graffiti-Cleaned.
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Initials have been ineptly scored in the obverse fields on either side of Liberty’s neck. Softly struck on the reverse, as is often the case for Charlotte coins, and a sizeable planchet flaw appears... |
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