1854 G$1 Type 2 MS(PCGS#7531)
1854 G$1 Type 2 MS (PCGS#7531)
August 2021 ANA U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 4157
- 等级
- MS68
- 价格
- 1,010,637
- 详细说明
- The Eliasberg 1854 Type II Gold Dollar Unsurpassed MS-68 Grade from NGC 1854 Gold Dollar. Type II. MS-68 (NGC). All bets will probably be off when this piece crosses the auction block - exhibiting as it does an ultra grade combined with its status as one of the two finest certified Mint State 1854 Type II gold dollars and, as if this were not enough, a direct pedigree to the famed Eliasberg Collection. Twenty years ago we described it as "Gem brilliant Uncirculated MS-67," in an era when grading was very conservative compared to today. Thus, it is a natural segue to the MS-68 grade as offered here. Not only is this coin of excellent technical quality, but the fields are smoothly satiny and lustrous, the portrait of Liberty is well delineated, the hair strands are all there, and every vein in every feather can be discerned. The reverse is similarly attractive and nicely defined. Although the ultra grade of this piece would alone make it important, and the pedigree would add to this, the greatest demand will probably come from someone building a type set of United States coins - for this is the first year of the short-lived Type II gold dollar. Introduced part way through 1854, it was found unsatisfactory for striking purposes, and in 1856 it was replaced by the Type III of redesigned obverse relief and arrangement (except for 1856-S, the dies for which had been sent from the Philadelphia Mint late in 1855 before the changeover was made). Today the typical 1854 Type II gold dollar is apt to have certain of the central features lightly defined or missing altogether. Moreover, the typical piece does not have excellent eye appeal. The present coin sweeps all considerations away and is sure to be the object of spirited bidding competition between discerning gold enthusiasts and advanced type collectors. Provenance: Ex Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr.; our (Bowers and Ruddy's) sale of the United States Gold Coin Collection (Eliasberg), October 1982, lot 25; our (Bowers and Merena's) Rarities Sale of July 2002, lot 669. NGC Census: just 2; 0 finer. The finest examples of the issue seen by PCGS have been certified MS-67. PCGS# 7531. NGC ID: 25C3. Click here for certification details from NGC. Click here to see Coins in Motion.[“Coins]