August 2024 Global Showcase Auction – 12 - 23 August 2024
Ancient and World Coins and Currency
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Description
1908 Barber Dime. Proof-67+ (PCGS). CAC.
One of the finest known 1908 Proof dimes. This Superb Gem likely came directly from the Philadelphia Mint at the time of issue. Sold previously as lot 277 in our August 1999 sale of the Childs Collection, described as: "A lovely gem with pale blue and rose iridescence on the obverse. The reverse is vividly toned...[in] concentric circles of electric blue, violet, and rose converge inward toward pale champagne at the center. One of 545 Proofs of the date struck, the lowest Proof dime production figure of the decade and the fourth lowest Proof mintage figure in the Barber dime series."
PCGS# 4892. NGC ID: 23GN.
PCGS Population: 3; just two finer in the non-Cameo designation (Proof-68 finest).
From our (Bowers and Merena's) sale of the Walter H. Childs Collection, August 1999, lot 227 (as Proof-67 PCGS); Heritage's sale of the John C. Hugon Collection, January 2005, lot 4029 (as NGC Proof-67). It is believed that this superb coin was purchased directly from the Mint by C.F. Childs.
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Bidding
| Price realized | 2'600 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 5'400 USD |
