Lot 919
1843-C $2.50 Liberty. Large date, plain 4. PCGS graded MS-62. Mostly untoned yielding a pleasing yellow gold surface. Much original mint luster remains in the fields, on the devices, and everywhere that it counts. Some lightness of striking at the center as always of the hair below BERT as usual. But not usual is the notation "Usually seen VF," written by Walter Breen in his encyclopedia of United States coinage, a reflection of the rarity of the present coin in the Mint State grade here offered.
Under magnification the obverse logotype is too large for the space fixed on the die, with the result that the digits are crowded between the neck and the denticles. This same Large Date logotype as used on the Philadelphia Mint variety. Note as well that the first two digits are notably repunched, the last two less so. Only 23,076 minted. Pop 3; 1 in 64; 1 in 65. (PCGS # 7728) .
Estimated Value $8,000 - 9,000.
H W Bass Jr.
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