1849 $5 Moffat & Co. MS(PCGS#10240)
1849 $5 Moffat & Co. MS (PCGS#10240)
August 2021 ANA U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 6334
- 等级
- AU50
- 价格
- 42,758
- 详细说明
- 1849 Moffat & Co. $5. K-4a. Rarity-4. AU-50 (PCGS). A richly original piece with dominant olive-gold patina, and subtle rose-russet highlights at the peripheries. Struck from a rusted state of the dies, yet with all major design elements boldly to sharply rendered and showing no significant wear. Also conspicuous by their absence are detracting marks, the surfaces remarkably smooth for a lightly circulated example of the type. Moffat & Co. was arguably the most important private minting establishment in Gold Rush California, so much so that the firm eventually received the federal contract to serve as the United States Assay Office in the years prior to the opening of the San Francisco Mint. This is an exceptionally appealing AU survivor from the firm's first $5 gold issue. Provenance: From Lester Merkin's sale of February 1972, lot 438. Lot tag included. PCGS# 10240. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.