Lot 2340
1839-C $2.50 Classic Head. PCGS graded AU-55. Nice strike and original toning. Bright and lustrous pale orange gold with some deeper highlights in the open regions around the main devices. From the second year of Charlotte Mint coinage venture, and the last of just two years with obverse mintmark; the mintmark was switched to the reverse at a spot just above the denomination in 1840 with the advent of the coronet-coiffed Liberty by Christian Gobrecht. The mintmark remained in that position through the end of the denomination in 1929. The Doug Winter reference on Charlotte Mint gold lists two varieties for the date, the 1839/8 overdate, and the 1839/9 repunched 9 variety. Regardless of its variety attribution, bidders are facing a lively and lustrous choice About Uncirculated example of one of the most popular Classic Head gold issues in American numismatics. Pop 36; 68 finer.
There is a thin die break from the rim through star 8 to the hair that can serve to identify this obverse die.
Estimated Value $5,000 - 6,000.
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