1877-S/S 25C S/Horizontal S MS(PCGS#5507)

The November 2012 Baltimore Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

3101

等级

MS66

价格

80,593

详细说明

Finest PCGS-Certified 1877-S/S Quarter 1877-S/S Liberty Seated Quarter. Briggs 4-D, FS-501. S/Horizontal S. MS-66 (PCGS). CAC. Secure Holder. This is far and away the finest 1877-S/S quarter seen by PCGS with the closest competitors being just one example graded MS-65 and two coins at MS-64+. The devices are especially white and boldly frosted while the fields and areas of the devices are splashed with rich coppery-orange and gold toning which changes to deep blue at the rims. Boldly struck throughout with the devices and lettering all crisply defined. The oddity here is the blundered mintmark, with the S punched in sideways, then corrected, with evidence clearly visible to the left of the primary mintmark. This variety was discovered prior to World War One by famed Oshkosh, Wisconsin, collector H.O. Granberg. Long considered quite rare, more have been found by legions of Liberty Seated collectors in recent generations, but this is still certainly scarce in comparison to the regular "S" coins. A connoisseur's delight and a formidable condition rarity.Numismatic Reflections by Q. David Bowers I remember quite well the 1950s when this variety was not generally known and dealers who were interested in such things could cherrypick them from regular stocks, paying no premium. Of course, selling this variety was not particularly easy as it was not listed in the Guide Book,and some explanation was needed. The same was true of the 1873 Doubled LIBERTY Indian cent and certain other curious varieties. PCGS# 5507. PCGS Population: 1; none finer.