1839-D $2.50 MS(PCGS#7700)

The Summer 2022 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

6017

等级

MS64

价格

1,158,310

详细说明

Exquisite Choice Uncirculated 1839-D Quarter Eagle Finest Seen by CAC 1839-D Classic Head Quarter Eagle. HM-1, Winter 1-B. Rarity-5. MS-64 (PCGS). CAC. A lustrous and sharply struck deep rose-orange example with soft honey shades visible under a light. The strike is sharp throughout save for on the very highest point of Liberty's hair curls and at the eagle's dexter shoulder where it meets the shield. Lustrous and frosty with impressively smooth surfaces that border on Gem Mint State quality. Clearly this is a high Condition Census example that would serve with distinction in even the finest Southern gold cabinet. Doug Winter (2003) describes it as "by far the best I have seen" for the 1839-D quarter eagle. The slightly scarcer of the two known die varieties of this issue, HM-1 is attributable by a strong branch stem and the presence of a berry between the upper and middle leaf clusters. Additionally, the first letter A in AMERICA is repunched. All known examples from this die pairing display several peripheral cracks on the reverse, the most prominent of which originates at the upper border, bisects the first letter T in STATES, and continues to eagle's head. Provenance: Ex our (Stack's) sale of the James A. Stack, Sr. Collection, October 1994, lot 859; Stellar Collection; our (Bowers and Merena's) sale of March 2004, lot 2517; our Americana Sale of January 2013, lot 13291. PCGS Population: 3; 0 finer. CAC Population: 1; 0. PCGS# 7700. NGC ID: 25G5. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Click here to see Coins in Motion.[“Coins]