1800 1/2C Cohen 1, RB MS(PCGS#35120)

The Regency Auction 51

拍卖行

Legend Rare Coin Auctions

批号

60

等级

MS64+RB

价格

233,255

详细说明

Ex Missouri Cabinet, as noted on the insert. This is an AMAZING Draped Bust half cent, a fabulous coin with an impressive provenance and stunning look! Truly a stunning coin with amazing quality and eye appeal, borderline GEM example of the date and type! WOW! Exceptionally bold luster shows a glowing brilliance on both sides. Attractive with a generous amount of original faded Mint color with bluish steel brown. Free of any troubling specks or spots, the color is a wholesome delight. Furthermore the surfaces show only a few tiny nicks and handling marks, far fewer than one would expect for a half cent from this early era. A thin strike through line above the bust tip serves to identify this amazing coin. Middle die state, Manley state 3.0. The quality of the planchets used to strike most 1800 half cents is high. The planchets were provided by Boulton & Watt, the famous English inventors and suppliers of planchets. Once struck most of the half cents were soon in circulation, so finding a Mint State coin, especially one with original Mint color is quite extraordinary. This particular one is pictured on the CoinFacts website with its extensive provenance noted as well. Ex. Howard Rounds Newcomb and soon B. Max Mehl in 1935; to Col. E. H. R. Green Collection; appraised by F. C. C. Boyd in the Green Estate for $5 on August 9, 1937; sold for $4 in April 1943 to the Eric P. Newman and B.G. Johnson partnership; Eric P. Newman and his Education Foundation; Missouri Cabinet; Missouri Cabinet Collection Auction, Goldbergs, January, 2014, lot 49; Regency Auction XXV, lot 29; Regency Auction 39, lot 95. As you can see, this is NOT one of the ones that came from a small hoard at the 1980 ANA Convention, as it was in the Col. E. H. R. Green holdings back in the 1930s. PCGS 4, NGC 1, CAC 3. This coin is tied with one other in the MS64+ RB grade and NONE ARE FINER! The current PCGS Price Guide value is listed at $38,500, but as being tied for FINEST KNOWN honors, we know this GEM will bring a very strong bid. Bound for an amazing type set! Good luck. Cert. Number 27393747 PCGS # 1052