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Lot Title:
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1864 PCGS MS-68.
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Description:
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PCGS has only awarded two 'no motto' examples MS-68 (none higher), and they have graded exactly one (and NGC zero) 1864 Seated Liberty quarter-dollars at the MS-68 grade level. At hand is that lone coin, still housed in a rattler slab. Review of the tiny PCGS population in the next couple of lower grades succinctly expresses the rarity of a coin of this caliber: just two are graded MS-67, and only three are MS-66, suggesting that it may never be possible to surpass the quality of this miracle-coin at PCGS. Studious technical analysis of the surfaces fails to reveal any large blemishes, and what separates this coin from perfection is the presence of but a very few minor abrasions on Liberty's portrait. Those which are to be found are tiny. Fields are astoundingly clean, and the reverse virtually flawless. A delicate honey-tan veneer has settled gracefully and comparably across each side, intensifying a bit at the margins so as to provide a wonderful "framed" appearance. And though a clashed die has produced some die cracks on both sides, the dies were still able to sustain a strike powerful enough to produce exceptionally sharp detail, including full delineation of every star and every line in both shields. An unsurpassable numismatic treasure!
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Low Estimate:
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$19,500.00 |
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High Estimate:
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$22,500.00 |
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Lot Status:
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Bidding has been closed for this lot. |
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Hammered Price: |
$23,250.00
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Price Realized:
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$26,737.50 |
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Price history for items of the same classification:
| Lot # | Auction | Current Bid or Hammer Price | Description |
| 380 | The Midwest Winter Sale on 02/12/2010 | $500.00 |
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1864 XF and 1882 VF.
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Seated Liberty quarters pair up for this grouping, both of them modestly circulated. 1864 grades XF and displays a golden cast that is complemented by attractive album tone. 1882 is a much tougher... |
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