Lot 3212
1851 $2.50 Liberty. NGC graded MS-65. A nice frosty coin. This coin is among the finest graded of the surviving 1851 Liberty quarter eagle issue, and it certainly lies within the Condition Census. Bright pinkish to tawny gold and here and there a blush of pale orange with simply outstanding frostiness in the fields, beaming luster that covers both sides from top to bottom. The surfaces are smooth and attractive, the stars and design elements bold and inspiring. For identification purposes there is a small area on the obverse to the upper left of Liberty where the frost has a less "frosty" appearance, as though the die polish in this area remained at the time of striking. (Coin dies, nearly always polished when new, tend to impart prooflike to semi-prooflike reflectivity when first used to strike coins. Over time, and within a few hundred impressions it is believed, this yields and gives way to the more familiar frosty appearance as the die surface is abraded from the constant pounding against coin blanks.) Using a numismatic metaphor, it strikes us that it would be the height of good sportsmanship to see bidding through to the bitter end rather than abandon hope of owning this attractive 1851 $2.50 gold Gem. Give it a whirl. It might just land in your collection of rare coins. Pop 7; 1 finer in 66 (PCGS # 7759) .
Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,500.
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