1819 25C Large 9 MS(PCGS#5326)

The Regency Auction 33

拍卖行

Legend Rare Coin Auctions

批号

15

等级

MS65

价格

193,950

详细说明

FROM THE HUNTER COLLECTION. Tied for FINEST KNOWN 1819 Large 9 with the Clapp-Eliasberg-Pogue-Link B-1 at the MS65 level at PCGS. This impressive GEM has no less an impressive provenance, being the Randall-Garrett-Gardner coin. In its first recorded auction appearance in the March 1980 sale of the Garrett Collection, where it appears as lot 632, it was cataloged as: "MS65...Extremely sharply struck. A truly fantastic early quarter. The obverse and reverse are toned a pleasing light gray and lilac color with hints of blue and green iridescence. We have never seen a finer example and doubt if one exists." This nearly 40 year old description holds up today, though it does fail to mention the satiny underlying brilliance of the luster on the obverse. Struck from a later state of the B-2 dies, all the Die State B die cracks as described in Early Quarters of the United States Mint. The eye appeal is unbelievable and has a provenance that dates back into the 1800s! PCGS 2, NGC 0. As an indication of how impressive the quality of this GEM really is, in 1980, this coin brought $37,500 (at the height of the silver boom market). The Eliasberg-Pogue coin is the most recent example to sell in auction, realizing $88,125 in May 2015. The current Collector's Universe value is listed at $42,500 and with the Pogue coin now impounded in the Link Collection, this is the FINEST Large 9 that will be available for collectors for a long time to come. If you are working on an early quarter set, you need to see this historic offering. Good luck! Cert. Number 14681240 PCGS # 5326.00