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Sale 42
Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction
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Lot 3241 |
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1906 $2.50 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-64 PQ. Lightly toned Premium Quality example for the grade. The reddish gold luster is amply displayed on all surfaces (PCGS # 7858) .
Estimated Value $850 - 900.
Ex: The Brentwood Park Estate.
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$1,035 |
Lot 3242 |
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1907 $2.50 Liberty. NGC graded Proof 64 Ultra Cameo. A blazing bright example. Only 154 proofs minted. More often than not well frosted on the key devices for the issue, as seen here, the rippling mirror surface below is nearly gem level with few distracting hairlines plus only a single small toned area below the ear. Far in advance as the surface preservation goes, so too are the designs: Fully struck in all areas with pinpoint detailing on the portrait and eagle, the stars and all legends. Pop 1; 8 finer at NGC in Ultra Cameo (PCGS # 7933) .
Estimated Value $6,000 - 6,500.
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$7,763 |
Lot 3243 |
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1907 $2.50 Liberty. NGC graded MS-66. A hint of light gold tone. The fully brilliant example we now hand over bidders beats (from a technical angle) practically all of the other 1900-07 period quarter eagles that have passed through the various grading services in this grade. Pop 310; 94 finer (PCGS # 7859) .
Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,200.
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$2,415 |
Lot 3244 |
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1907 $2.50 Liberty. NGC graded MS-64. Old holder. Nice light gold toning with grand eye appeal (PCGS # 7859) .
Estimated Value $800 - 850.
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$1,093 |
Lot 3245 |
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1907 $2.50 Liberty. PCGS graded MS-64. Lovely rich golden toning. Last year in the series, and just as sparkling and bold as any bidder wishing to bid on a Mint State 64 example could demand. The cheek on Liberty is especially clean and satiny (PCGS # 7859) .
Estimated Value $800 - 850.
Ex: The Brentwood Park Estate.
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$1,035 |
Lot 3246 |
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1908 $2.50 Indian. PCGS graded MS-62 PQ. Lovely gold with olive toning. Sleek and frosty. In an old green label holder (PCGS # 7939) .
Estimated Value $425 - 450.
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$776 |
Lot 3247 |
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1910 $2.50 Indian. NGC graded MS-62. Lovely orange and gold toning atop luster that is soft and muted (PCGS # 7941) .
Estimated Value $425 - 450.
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$529 |
Lot 3248 |
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1911-D $2.50 Indian. PCGS graded MS-63. Popular key date for this series, one with an international reputation. Probably there is not a prominent numismatist who has not marked the 1911-D quarter eagle down as a possible purchase. Lightly toned and well struck. A bright and gleaming '11-D key date whose frosted luster seems poised to detonate like a million tiny diamond-sparkles; plus we find a touch of faint natural patina, especially around the fields and other high points of this intriguing design. Boldly struck with full detail on both sides, a full mintmark as well. Unquestionably worth your consideration.
The obverse portrays Brule Lakota Chief Hollow Horn Bear, who had taken part in Theodore Roosevelt's inaugural parade, March 4, 1905. The Chief died March 15, 1913, age 54, at Providence Hospital, according to the notice in the April 1913 Numismatist, which misidentified him as the model for the 1899 $5 Silver Certificates. His true identity as Boston sculptor Bela Lyon Pratt's model for the 1908 quarter eagles and half eagles first came to light in an exhibit in the 1988 ANA Convention. The coin itself is designed using an (at the time) unfamiliar conception know as "recessed relief." One of the coin's severest critics was the Philadelphia coin dealer Samuel Hudson Chapman, who falsely alleged that the designs were antinaturalistic, unhygienic [!], incapable of stacking, and too easily counterfeited. (Chapman's major objection to the eagle was well founded, but the blame is on Charles E. Barber, not Pratt; Pratt knew what a bald eagle looked like from working with models and photographs -- otherwise President Roosevelt would not have approved his design -- whereas Barber, the Mint engraver who transferred the models to the master hubs, evidently did not.) Despite these objections, the design remained without further modification through 1929. Pop 286; 260 in 64, 17 in 65, 3 in 66 (PCGS # 7943) .
Estimated Value $17,000 - 18,000.
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Lot 3249 |
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1911-D $2.50 Indian. PCGS graded MS-62 PQ. Well struck Premium Quality example with nice light golden toning. A coin that should be sent in for one or two points higher Mint mark very strong. Solid Mint State quality and very frosty. Gold specialists recognize the importance of the 1911-D quarter eagle rarity for what it is, the key impediment to piecing together a 15-piece Indian $2.50 set by date and mint. The condition rarity of this issue has long been recognized, most reached circulation. And the conservative Mint State rating given by PCGS makes this all the more challenging to find another in comparable grade. In brief, the coin is very choice. The acquisition of a Mint State 1911-D requires patience on the part of the future buyer.
Offered here is a truly beautiful frosty Mint State. The fields are lustrous with only the most minute abrasions visible, and these only with the aid of a lens. The strike details are fully brought up as well, including the important mintmark. A key offering for the specialist (PCGS # 7943) .
Estimated Value $8,500 - 9,500.
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$14,950 |
Lot 3250 |
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1911-D $2.50 Indian. NGC graded MS-61. Popular key date. Mostly untoned. An unquestioned original coin with lustrous surfaces and a crisp strike including the key mintmark. Keen-edged devices also include full wing and leg feathers on the eagle. In the confused welter of rare coins from which bidders can choose, many focus on the tried and true rare dates such as this '11-D Indian quarter eagle (PCGS # 7943) .
Estimated Value $7,500 - 8,000.
Ex: The Brentwood Park Estate.
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$8,338 |
Lot 3251 |
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1911-D $2.50 Indian. PCGS graded AU-55. A hint of light golden tone. Popular key date (PCGS # 7943) .
Estimated Value $3,800 - 4,100.
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$4,600 |
Lot 3252 |
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1911-D $2.50 Indian. ANACS graded AU-58 Details, cleaned. Well struck with a nice sharp clearly defined mint mark.
Estimated Value $3,500 - 3,800.
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Lot 3253 |
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1914 $2.50 Indian. PCGS graded MS-62. Delictely toned with reddish gold shades the most predominant. Lustrous. Well struck (PCGS # 7946) .
Estimated Value $1,500 - 1,600.
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$2,530 |
Lot 3254 |
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1925-D $2.50 Indian. NGC graded MS-63. Delicately toned (PCGS # 7949) .
Estimated Value $600 - 625.
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$546 |
Lot 3255 |
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1927 $2.50 Indian. PCGS graded MS-63. Well struck with frosty fields and choice lustrous devices (PCGS # 7951) .
Estimated Value $650 - 675.
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$863 |
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