1805 25C B-3 MS(PCGS#38925)

August 2018 ANA U.S. Coins Auction Philadelphia, PA

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

1123

等级

MS63

价格

102,621

详细说明

Choice Mint State 1805 Quarter Browning-3 1805 Draped Bust Quarter. B-3. Rarity-2. MS-63 (PCGS). Bright silver gray surfaces exhibit champagne and rose highlights, with robust cartwheel luster in abundance; the reverse is deeper gold in places. Evenly struck from clashed and cracked dies, with elements of each on both sides. More than 120,000 quarters were struck in 1805, paid out by the Mint "whenever desired by the depositors, or not particularly objected to," according to Mint Director Robert Patterson's April 2, 1807, letter to President Jefferson, written on the 15th anniversary of the original legislation authorizing the U.S. Mint. Though the mintage for quarters ballooned in 1805, they were given to banks and commercial entities that immediately put them into circulation. With the import/export cycle no longer as easy or as profitable, most were spent and remained on the American mainland. Of the five die marriages of 1805 quarters, one die marriage is confirmed to have just a single Mint State survivor, and another has none at all. Browning-3 was a bit more fortunate, with somewhere on the order of a half dozen Mint State specimens extant according to the Rea-Koenings-Haroutunian census. We note that just ten 1805 quarters have been graded finer than the present MS-63 example by PCGS. The in-hand appeal of this lustrous specimen is substantial, with a solidly original appearance in our opinion and superb all-around quality within the grade. Type coins of this era are not often seen with this much eye appeal, even in Mint State. This one should elicit a strong round of bidding activity. Provenance: From the Collection of Thaddeus A. Tatum III. Earlier ex Jim McGuigan, May 2006; our sale of the MHS Collection, November 2011, lot 2025. PCGS Population: 11; 10 finer through MS-65. PCGS# 5313. NGC ID: 23RC. Click here for certification details from PCGS.