The Collectors' Auction 2007
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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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1879 NGC MS-61.
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Description:
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Despite the modest (and technically correct) grade assessment of just MS-61, this is a fabulous coin. Fully prooflike, but not so designated on the old NGC slab, as it was certified at a time when that grading service did not record such qualifiers. Obvious contrast between the devices and the fields is augmented by the beautiful mirrors, plus as a bonus, this seems to be a nice, undipped coin. Excellent!
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Low Estimate:
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$400.00 |
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High Estimate:
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$450.00 |
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Lot Status:
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Bidding has been closed for this lot. |
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Hammered Price: |
$475.00
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Price Realized:
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$546.25 |
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Price history for items of the same classification:
| Lot # | Auction | Current Bid or Hammer Price | Description |
| 706 | The Midwest Winter Sale on 02/12/2010 | $2,600.00 |
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1879 PCGS MS-66.
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1879 is one of the dates in the gold dollar series that is notorious for an absurdly small mintage (3000), but an excessively high survival rate that resulted in a coin that is much more common today... |
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| 884 | The Collectors' Auction 2008 on 10/17/2008 | $575.00 |
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1879 NGC MS-62.
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A low mintage (3000) and semi-prooflike Philadelphia product that seems undergraded at first blush, though a loupe reveals a few wispy hairlines in the obverse fields. This coin is imbued with... |
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