1840 (O) 50C Medium Letters MS(PCGS#6233)

The Regency Auction 45

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Legend Rare Coin Auctions

批号

40

等级

MS62

价格

44,970

详细说明

THE BOYLSTON COLLECTION PART II Ex Dick Osburn Collection, as noted on the insert. A CHOICE example of this popular variety that boasts a great pedigree! An impressive, frosty Mint State specimen. A bold luster glows throughout the fields enlivening the delicate golden tones that is dusted over the satiny pearly silver sheen. Accents of richer pewter silver-gray are seen at areas. The devices are sharply rendered with sharp definition throughout. The reverse shattered with numerous cracks that radiate to the center (a feature that is seen on all known examples of this variety). WB-101. This reverse die was shipped to the New Orleans mint in 1838, when the Christian Gobrecht rendering of the Capped Bust design had the "O" mintmark on the obverse. It was discovered by Wiley and Bugert that this reverse was paired with an 1840 die that was paired with a reverse with the "O" mintmark, thus it was confirmed that this half dollar, despite the lack of a mintmark, was struck in New Orleans. This piece is Ex Doug Noblet Collection, Bowers and Merena, January 1999, lot 67 and Dick Osburn Collection, Stack's Bowers, August 2011, lot 7004. PCGS 4, NGC 12, CAC 2. While the most recent example sold in April 2020 for $5,520, this piece sold in the Dick Osburn Collection sale for $8,050. The current Collectors Universe value is listed at $7,000 and the CAC CPG value is $7,500. PCGS has graded just a half dozen finer, including the MS64 piece that we sold in Part I of the Boylston Collection in our April 2021 Regency Auction. A great early Seated variety, and this is a great grade for it! Cert. Number 19846357 PCGS # 6233.00