The Midwest Winter Sale 2009
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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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1857-S ANACS AU-50.
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Description:
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All San Francisco three-dollar gold coins are relatively scarce (except perhaps 1856-S), and become expensive in mint state grades; thus the AU level becomes very attractive to collectors. This 1857-S is isolatedly abraded above Liberty's temple and across her eyebrow, but is otherwise free of distractions. The date is in shallow relief as usual, but the mintmark is very bold, and tendrils of mint luster still gather 'round the letters and devices. A coin with more original surface quality than usual, despite the aforementioned localized abrading.
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Low Estimate:
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$3,000.00 |
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High Estimate:
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$3,500.00 |
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Lot Status:
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Bidding has been closed for this lot. |
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Hammered Price: |
$2,225.00
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Price Realized:
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$2,558.75 |
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Price history for items of the same classification:
| Lot # | Auction | Current Bid or Hammer Price | Description |
| 448 | The Collectors' Auction 2011 on 10/21/2011 | $975.00 |
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1857-S ANACS AU details/graffiti/net XF-40.
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Graffiti really amounts to some scribbles below Liberty's lowest curls, somewhat resembling "MFD". Some luster remains in the protected areas near the edge, calling to duty the ANACS AU details... |
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| 1071 | The Midwest Summer Sale 2011 on 07/29/2011 | $1,050.00 |
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1857-S NCS XF details/improperly cleaned.
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Dull grey-gold surfaces are neither glossy nor blatantly cleaned, but the luster isn't quite "right" for a three-dollar gold at the XF grade level. As is sometimes noted for the issue, the date is... |
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