1920-S 25C, FH MS(PCGS#5739)

The November 2012 Baltimore Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

3120

等级

MS66FH

价格

238,117

详细说明

Condition Rarity and Fully Struck 1920-S Full Head Quarter 1920-S Standing Liberty Quarter. MS-66 FH (PCGS). Secure Holder. One of the key dates to the series and a difficult issue to find with the Full Head designation. Essentially a white coin, with creamy satin luster spanning both sides and no toning beyond the faintest hint of yellow from the original silver alloys used to create these planchets. Examination finds no disturbances that warrant attention, not from handling or improper storage, and without question this is one of the finest seen of the date, and tied with at most five other examples so certified by PCGS and excelled by none with the Full Head designation. It is a point of fact that most of these coins show varying degrees of die clashing in the fields, evidence of where the dies came together without a planchet to strike, thus imparting portions of their designs into the opposing die. This common occurrence during the coinage process diminished die life, often required coinage to halt so the dies could be lapped or filed down lightly in order to remove these stray signs of clashing. The lapping process always removes part of the field of the die and actually reduces the depth of the devices in the die. Another unusual feature here is trace evidence of a lintmark or a tiny meandering thread that was on the planchet when this 1920-S was struck, which shows as a little line weaving about the left wing of the eagle and through his tail into the field. Rarely seen on Mint State coins, lintmarks are much more commonly found on Proofs, generally because of the condition of the coins and the mirror field surface where such lintmarks are easier to see, as in the case here the satiny texture makes this feature blend quite well and is easy to overlook. A handsome and enticing example for the specialist, and a coin that is unsurpassed by any others currently listed in the PCGS Population Report PCGS# 5739. Provenance: Ex: Just Having Fun Collection. PCGS Population: 6; none finer within the Full Head designation.