Lot 1186
1836 $2.50 Classic Head. Script 8. PCGS graded MS-64. Well struck and frosty. Quality and eye appeal characterize the coins in this consignment, and the presently offered 1836 Script 8 quarter eagle fortifies that. While there are a fair amount of 1836 quarter eagles in numismatic holdings, only a handful have we ever seen that can possibly duplicate the eye appeal and overall quality of the one offered here. The obverse has a veritable wealth of detail in the main devices, with most hair details delineated, the stars full, dentils sharp, and the date bold -- the very definition of the design. The reverse, perhaps even more miraculously, is also a model of minting excellence -- with every feather in the eagle's wing showing, the leaves in the branch crisp, the arrowheads possessing all their miniature features, the dentils again as sharp as can be, and everything else. We should emphasize also that the fields are rich and creamy lustrous. If this piece had been certified as a gem we would have nodded our agreement. As it is, being full Mint State 64 hands the astute bidder a once-in-a-decade opportunity.
The present piece is picture-perfect and desirable, an ideal MS64 specimen for the gold aficionado as well as for someone aspiring to build a beautiful type set. That is the point which we wish to make. Pop15; 2 finer in 65. (PCGS # 7694) .
Estimated Value $11,000 - 12,000.
The Mark Gordon Collection Ex: H W Bass Jr. Collection.
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