Lot 1381
1851-C $2.50 Liberty. NGC graded MS-61. Mostly well struck with enough mint luster to justify this mint state grade. We note some diagonal adjustment-like scratches across the center of the obverse. The Breen encyclopedia notes that of three pairs of dies made available for the coinage this year, just one pair is known to have been used. The date logotype is lightly impressed into die and placed far left, with tip of 1 overlapping the neck truncation. The reverse has the C mintmark high and overlapping the claw (mintmarks were added to the dies after the main device was completed). A feather vein touches lower right of C, below the opening, indicating a particularly high position. (Note: the slight haze near the date is on the photograph, not the coin, and arises from the camera lense picking up scuffing on the NGC plastic.) Only 14,923 coins struck. Pop 9; 3 finer in 62 (PCGS # 7760) .
Estimated Value $11,000 - 12,000.
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