Stack's Bowers Galleries

August 2024 Global Showcase Auction  –  12 - 23 August 2024

Stack's Bowers Galleries, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction

Ancient and World Coins and Currency

Part A: Mo, 12.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part B: Mo, 12.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part C: Mo, 12.08.2024, from 10:00 PM CEST
Part 1: Tu, 13.08.2024, from 1:00 AM CEST
Part 2: Tu, 13.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 3: Tu, 13.08.2024, from 10:00 PM CEST
Part D: We, 14.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 4: We, 14.08.2024, from 9:00 PM CEST
Part 5: Th, 15.08.2024, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part E: Fr, 16.08.2024, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part 6: Fr, 16.08.2024, from 9:00 PM CEST
Part 7: Sa, 17.08.2024, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part F: Sa, 17.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 8: Mo, 19.08.2024, from 7:00 PM CEST
Part G: Tu, 20.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 9: Tu, 20.08.2024, from 7:00 PM CEST
Part H: Tu, 20.08.2024, from 8:00 PM CEST
Part 10: We, 21.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part I: We, 21.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 11: Th, 22.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part J: Th, 22.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part K: Fr, 23.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 12: Fr, 23.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
The auction is closed.

Description

1844-D Liberty Head Quarter Eagle. Winter 5-J. AU-55 (PCGS). CAC. OGH.
Lustrous and attractive, with most design features showing sharp or full definition. Essentially brilliant surfaces with handsome olive-orange color. With a mintage of 17,332 pieces, the 1844 quarter eagles from Dahlonega are among the more available issues from the desirable Georgia mint. Survivors are most often in circulated grades, as is typical for pre-Civil War era Southern gold, and they become quite difficult to locate in grades finer than EF. The striking irregularities of coins struck at Dahlonega are part of the charm and the challenge of collecting. The centers are usually found weak, especially on the higher details of Liberty's hair. Doug Winter (2023) estimates that only 25% bear sharp strikes which, when combined with the scarcity of About Uncirculated survivors, explains the considerable challenge of finding a well defined 1844-D such as that offered here.
PCGS# 7736. NGC ID: 25GV.
CAC Stickered Population: 21 in all AU grades.
From the Srotag Collection.

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Price realized 4'800 USD
Starting price 1 USD
Estimate 5'000 USD
The auction is closed.
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