August 2024 Global Showcase Auction – 12 - 23 August 2024
Ancient and World Coins and Currency
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Description
Upper-End Gem 1865 Quarter
From a Limited Circulation Strike Mintage
1865 Liberty Seated Quarter. Briggs 1-A. Repunched Date. MS-66 (PCGS). CAC.
This exceptional Gem approaches the threshold of numismatic perfection. Silky smooth surfaces display a delightful blend of vivid steel-olive, antique gold, cobalt blue, silver-mauve and, in the center of the reverse, salmon-pink colors. Intensely lustrous and fully struck in all areas, it is difficult for us to imagine a more technically sound and aesthetically pleasing example of the issue or the type as a whole. The Philadelphia Mint produced only 58,800 circulation strike quarters in 1865. Silver coinage had still not returned to circulation in the Eastern states since its withdrawal early in the Civil War, and yearly production remained limited throughout that conflict and for several years thereafter. The 1865 is scarce in all grades, circulated and Mint State, with uncirculated survivors rated as Rarity-5 in Larry Briggs' 1991 reference The Comprehensive Encyclopedia of United States Liberty Seated Quarters. The present MS-66 one of the finest certified by PCGS, and tied for the highest graded to meet with CAC approval. It is undoubtedly among the very finest known circulation strike 1865 quarters. A remarkable example that is sure to see spirited bidding among advanced collectors, particularly specialists in Liberty Seated coinage.
PCGS# 5461. NGC ID: 23U2.
PCGS Population: 2; 2 finer (MS-67+ finest). CAC Stickered Population: 2; 0.
From the Srotag Collection. Earlier from Heritage's sale of the Bender Family Collection, Part I, August 2022 Signature Auction, lot 3798.
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| Price realized | 16'000 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 20'000 USD |
