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Lot Title:
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1831 (LM-2, R.3) NGC MS-65.
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Description:
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Logan-McCloskey mentions a low condition census for LM-2, with gems apparently quite rare. Here we have an example not attributed at NGC, but correctly identified as LM-2, and it is certifed as grading MS-65, showing in addition to strong technical attributes some very attractive toning that appears to have been imparted by lengthy album storage. Perusal of past sales and auctions for 1831 LM-2 does confirm that the number of gem appearances can be counted on one hand, and even coins at the lower mint-state levels practically don't exist. For the die-marriage specialist, this could prove to be a once in a lifetime opportunity to obtain a condition-census coin. Liberty's portrait displays ivory-white brilliance over toned fields, with toast-gold patina sweeping around most of the periphery, suddenly interrupted by a brilliant cobalt accent against the left edge. The reverse features a broad expanse of this same cobalt and midnight-cyan patina, with the entire package wrapped up in graceful satiny luster. We are able to locate a couple of the most trivial hairlines imaginable, but nothing else that could be considered a distraction on eit\her side. (PCGS# 004278)
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Low Estimate:
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$1,800.00 |
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High Estimate:
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$2,000.00 |
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Lot Status:
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Bidding has been closed for this lot. |
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Hammered Price: |
$1,850.00
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Price Realized:
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$2,127.50 |
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Price history for items of the same classification:
| Lot # | Auction | Current Bid or Hammer Price | Description |
| 707 | The Midwest Summer Sale on 07/26/2013 | $1,450.00 |
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1831 (LM-1) PCGS MS-64 CAC.
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Surfaces practically glow with utterly exquisite neon-silver frost, surrounded outside the stars by some striking graphite-white rim toning that somehow manages to remain "bright" yet dark... |
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| 601 | The Midwest Winter Sale 2009 on 02/13/2009 | $220.00 |
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1831 "LM-1.3 retained cud." PCGS AU-55.
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NIT on the reverse are capped by a delightful die crack that forms a retained cud, and LM-1.3 is popular for this characteristic. A lustrous coin with signs of only inconsequential old cleaning. |
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