Lot 681
AN OUTSTANDING GEM 1859 QUARTER EAGLE. PCGS graded MS-65. A satiny gem that boasts light coppery toning and blazing mint luster. The strike is sharp, with complete hair detail on Liberty and the eagle. This is the finest graded coin by PCGS, the only coin in its grade category, furthermore, there is only a single coin graded MS-64 by that service. NGC has graded one higher, an MS-67, but we have not seen this apparently amazing coin. Examination will note a couple of very trivial handling marks before Liberty's face, but this coin is obviously a gem by anyone's standards. Less than 40,000 were coined, and the date is just about impossible to locate in uncirculated condition, to find a gem is simply a miracle. How this survived in such pristine, untouched condition defies imagination. Perhaps the coin was given as a birth year momento and kept as an heirloom through a lifetime or two, before working its way into numismatic channels. Whatever the case, this is an outstanding gem example of the date, and worthy of the finest collection.
Estimated Value $11,000 - 13,000.
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| Realized $9,775 |
