3022

Tied for Finest

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:5,000.00 USD Estimated At:10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD
Tied for Finest
SOLD
7,500.00USD+ buyer's premium (1,500.00)
This item SOLD at 2021 Mar 11 @ 21:00UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
Lot: 3022
Year: 1853
Denom: 25C
Title: Tied for Finest
Description: 1853 FD round ¼ Dollar, BG-210, PCGS MS63. Rarity 7. Large Liberty head, smaller than the broad head type, signed below truncation of bust (always weak and incomplete), 11 stars around; blundered reverse of BG-209 with backwards 4. The earliest self-identified Frontier, Deviercy & Co. round ¼ Dollar. Only 10 recorded specimens going back to 1954, surely with some duplication. Choice Uncirculated: gorgeous, almost cameo-like obverse, light reddish toning in field, the whole set off by a perfect halo of blue toning at the rim; the reverse is brilliant within the wreath, encircled by speckled blue toning. PCGS MS63 William C. O’Connor (PCGS# 10395). PCGS POP 2 + 0.
Low Estimate: 10000
High Estimate: 15000
Grading Co: PCGS
Gr: MS
Gr2: 63
OGH:
PCGS#: 10395
NGC#:
Cert#: 40624997
Pedigree/Collection: Ex Doering, "sharp Uncirculated." The William C. O'Connor Collection