1839-C $2.50 MS (PCGS#7699)
The March 2010 Baltimore Auction
- 拍卖行
- Bowers & Merena
- 批号
- 3588
- 等级
- MS60
- 价格
- 235,739
- 详细说明
- 1839-C Classic Quarter Eagle. Winter Variety 3 (3-C). Recut Date. MS-60 (NGC). The 1839-C is the second of only two Charlotte Mint issues in the short-lived Classic Quarter Eagle series. More plentiful in numismatic circles than the 1838-C, the 1839-C is the preferred type candidate among mintmarked gold type collectors. As Southern gold specialists know all too well, however, the 1839-C is far from a common coin in an absolute sense. Survivors from an original mintage of just 18,140 pieces are scarce in worn condition and very rare in Mint State. Writing in the 2008 edition of the book <em>Gold Coins of the Charlotte Mint: 1838-1861</em>, in fact, Southern gold specialist Doug Winter accounts for just five-to-10 coins in the various Mint State grades.<br /> Solidly in the Condition Census, this BU representative is superior to the other NGC MS-60s with which this cataloger is familiar. This assessment stems largely from the level of surface preservation, which is superior for the grade in that both sides are free of excessive scuffiness from numerous moderate and large-size abrasions. Overall eye appeal is also above average at this grade level, the color a rich, even shade of khaki-orange. The strike is particularly sharp over the central devices, and an otherwise granular texture does reveal modest hints of semi reflectivity in the fields when the coin dips into a light. A shallow depression on Liberty's cheek is as struck, this feature diagnostic of the obverse die used to strike Winter Variety 3 examples.
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