1873-S $2.50 MS(PCGS#7820)

The August 2013 Chicago ANA World's Fair of Money

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

4445

等级

MS64

价格

68,444

详细说明

Lovely MS-64 1873-S $2.50 Tied as Finest Certified by PCGS 1873-S Liberty Quarter Eagle. MS-64 (PCGS). OGH. Offered is a lovely example, attractively toned in blended apricot, violet, and chartreuse. The motifs are satiny and the fields have a texture intermediate between satiny and prooflike. The strike is about average for the issue showing a touch of softness at the tresses at Liberty's temple and the eagle's claws. The "S" mintmark is bold. Although 27,000 examples were originally issued, very few high-grade specimens were preserved, presumably all as a matter of chance. PCGS has never certified an example above the MS-64 level. Numismatic Reflections by Q. David Bowers Liberty quarter eagles are one of my favorite series. First minted in 1840, they were continued with design change until 1907, the longest such stretch in American numismatic history. While nearly all dates and mintmarks can be collected in grades from VF to EF or so for the early issues and AU to lower Mint State ranges for the later, plus Gems at the turn of the 20th century, many other varieties are exceedingly rare in high grades. The 1873-S is one of these. At the time of issue nearly all (perhaps entirely all) were placed into circulation, where most became worn over the years. There was no interest in collecting quarter eagles by mintmark varieties, and not even the Mint Cabinet in Philadelphia bothered to save them. When at last they were appreciated by numismatists, most of the earlier issues were no longer available in preservations such as this. PCGS# 7820. PCGS Population: 3; none finer.