1840-D $2.50 MS(PCGS#7719)

December 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

2345

等级

AU53

价格

66,853

详细说明

Rarely Offered 1840-D Quarter Eagle 1840-D Liberty Head Quarter Eagle. Winter 1-A. AU-53 (NGC). A handsome and inviting About Uncirculated example of an early D-Mint gold issue that is rare even in well worn condition. Warmly toned in honey-olive, both sides also exhibit halos of more vivid rose-russet patina around the peripheries. Plenty of bold to sharp detail remains, softness in and around the central reverse characteristic for an issue that Doug Winter (2003) describes as, "among the most poorly struck Dahlonega quarter eagles." There are no sizeable or otherwise individually distracting marks, the surfaces pleasingly smooth in hand for a lightly circulated Southern gold coin from the early 1840s. The first Liberty Head quarter eagle from the Dahlonega Mint, the 1840-D has a low mintage of 3,532 pieces. Unlike many other first year issues in U.S. coinage history, the 1840-D was not saved to an appreciable extent, if at all. Attrition through commercial use was consequently very high, and today it is likely that only about 100 coins are extant in all grades (per PCGS CoinFacts). Doug Winter ranks the 1840-D as the rarest Dahlonega Mint quarter eagle in AU and Mint State grades. The offered coin is Condition Census per Winter's listing and, indeed, it is a superior example of the issue that is sure to elicit strong bids from discerning Southern gold specialists. Struck from the typical late state of the Winter 1-A dies, both sides exhibit prominent bisecting cracks. Additional cracks on the reverse are evident around the periphery through the letters N in UNITED, M in AMERICA, and C in the same word. NGC Census: 4; 16 finer, just three of which are Mint State (MS-62 finest). PCGS# 7719. NGC ID: 25GC. Click here for certification details from NGC.