The Collectors' Auction 2011
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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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1924-S PCGS MS-64.
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Description:
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Decades ago, 1924-S was considered THE key to the Saint-Gaudens series, but of course, the intervening years have shown it to be only a scarce, and not "rare" coin. On the other hand, the issue provides a classic example of true "condition rarity". It is common in circulated grades, begins to show strong premiums in MS-60 to 62, commands four figures at MS-63, and is downright expensive in this, the MS-64 grade. PCGS shows 94 so-graded pieces, but an almost absurdly rare population of just 3(!) at higher grade levels. In the popular MS-65 grade, value jumps by a factor [i]of about eight times[/i]. Registry collectors know a bargain when they see one! Gratifying brassy-gold luster dominates this example, relieved in areas by accents of deeper royal-gold patina, and even slender hints of lime-green near the rims. What seems at first to be a scratch through ERT is in fact a strikethrough, though it must be noted that there is a rather meaningful scrape through the rightmost third of the eagle's plumage. All the other trivial marks are fully expected of the grade. (PCGS# 009179)
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Low Estimate:
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$16,000.00 |
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High Estimate:
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$17,500.00 |
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Lot Status:
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Bidding has been closed for this lot. |
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Hammered Price: |
$15,500.00
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Price Realized:
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Price history for items of the same classification:
| Lot # | Auction | Current Bid or Hammer Price | Description |
| 1161 | The Collectors' Auction 2008 on 10/17/2008 | $6,750.00 |
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1924-S PCGS MS-63.
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Similar to the story of the 1903-O Morgan dollar, prior to discovery of small hoards of the 1924-S (in European holdings, not in U.S. Treasury vaults), it was considered an extremely rare... |
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