1823/2 25C MS(PCGS#5334)

August 2011 Chicago ANA - Rarities Night

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

7309

等级

G6

价格

275,470

详细说明

1823/2 Capped Bust Quarter. B-1, the only known dies. Rarity-6. Good-6 (PCGS). A legendary rarity in the early U.S. quarter dollar series, the 1823/2 has an estimated mintage of just 17,800 pieces from a single variety, the dies of which were probably the last ones prepared by Chief Engraver Robert Scot. Many of those coins may have been from earlier dated dies, however, as the paltry number of 1823/2 quarters extant suggests an even more limited mintage for this date. In fact, only 31 examples of this rare and highly elusive issue are pedigreed in the excellent 2008 reference <em>Early United States Quarters: 1795-1838 </em>by Steve M. Tompkins. The present example is #25 on that list, and it offers considerable eye appeal for a well worn Large Size Bust Quarter. For starters, all devices are fully and boldly outlined, the major ones in the centers (read: Liberty's portrait and the reverse eagle) even retaining some sharper definition in the recesses. The surfaces have retoned naturally after an old, light cleaning, and they now exhibit pleasing olive-gray patina with intermingled tannish-apricot highlights here and there. The outward appearance is quite smooth, and a couple of faint vertical grazes to the obverse portrait are noted solely for pedigree purposes. The appearance of any 1823/2 Bust quarter in today's market represents an important bidding opportunity for the specialist, so much more so for this PCGS certified example with relatively problem free surfaces and suitably bold definition in a well worn survivor. Sure to see spirited bidding.<br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The only known die marriage of this issue is readily identifiable by the overdate feature on the obverse and a broken shaft to the uppermost arrow on the reverse.<br />