1825/4/2 25C Browning 2 PR(PCGS#5371)

The Summer 2022 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

7029

等级

PR63

价格

330,946

详细说明

Unique Certified Proof 1825 B-2 Quarter Ex Boyd-Kern 1825/4/2 Capped Bust Quarter. B-2. Rarity-8 as a Proof. Proof-63 (ANACS). OH. A splendid coin with a pedigree to match. Obverse and reverse are toned reddish-gray, with splashes of blue, over mirrored surfaces. The strike is needle sharp, indeed definitive for the design. Fully Choice in quality, both sides are smooth in hand and suggestive of great care in preservation since the day of striking. This is a highly significant, yet somewhat enigmatic early U.S. Mint coin. To date neither PCGS nor NGC has certified a Proof Capped Bust quarter of this date, although Walter Breen, he of the "unhesitating" attributions, called this coin a Proof in his Proof Coin Encyclopedia(1989) but noted "the deceptive early strikes lack the central sharpness of real proofs." That qualifying statement probably helps to explain why the two other specimens listed in the Breen census have not surfaced in the modern numismatic market as Proofs. In all likelihood they are not. This piece, on the other hand, shows a truly remarkable impression and has much to recommend it as a Proof striking as, indeed, ANACS has certified it. It is the only unequivocal Proof striking of the issue of which we are aware, and the only coin described as such in the census listings for all three 1825 die pairings in the 2010 reference Early Quarter Dollars of the United States Mint: 1796-1838by Rory R. Rea et al. It is plate coin for the Browning-2 attribution in the 2008 book Early United States Quarters: 1796-1838by Steve M. Tompkins in which, interestingly, the author states, "There are at least 2 proofs known for this die marriage." The Tompkins census includes only this coin as a Proof, so the other examples to which he refers are unknown and, in any case, have not been certified as Proofs as far as we know. For the early Proof specialist or advanced quarter dollar collector, our offering of this unique certified Proof 1825 B-2 represents a fleeting opportunity not to be missed. Provenance: Ex F.C.C. Boyd; Numismatic Galleries' sale of the "World's Greatest Collection" (F.C.C. Boyd), March 1945, lot 86; B. Max Mehl's sale of the Jerome Kern Collection, May 1950, lot 1411; our (Bowers and Merena's) Russell J. Logan and Gilbert G. Steinberg Collections sale, November 2002, lot 1306; Ira & Larry Goldberg's Ben Collection, Part III sale, February 2003, lot 401; our (American Numismatic Rarities') Kennywood Collection sale, January 2005, lot 428; our (American Numismatic Rarities') Glode M. Requa Collection sale, September 2006, lot 282. The plate coin for the B-2 die pairing in the 2008 early quarter reference by Steve M. Tompkins. Click here to see Coins in Motion.[“Coins]