★ Uncirculated Mint State 1826/6 Quarter Eagle Rarity ★

1826/6 Capped Head Left Quarter Eagle. BD-1. Rarity-5+. Unc Details--Cleaned (NGC).This expertly produced example offers full, razor sharp striking detail from the borders to the centers. Warm orange-gold patina is also a strong suit, as are surfaces that retain ample evidence of a frosty mint finish. Lightly hairlined to explain the NGC qualifier, but still presenting quite nicely during in-hand viewing. BD Die State a/a. Although traditionally described as an 1826/5 overdate, the only known variety of this issue is now recognized as a repunched date. Mint records provide a mintage figure of 760 quarter eagles for calendar year 1826, although the number of 1827-dated quarter eagles extant suggests that some of the coins struck that year were from 1826-dated dies. Indeed, John W. Dannreuther (2006) provides an estimated mintage for the 1826/6 of 760 to 1,750 pieces, the latter figure probably more accurate. Survivors are rare, nonetheless, and number fewer than 40 coins, perhaps no more than 35 examples. Such a paltry extant population ensures that this more affordable Mint State example will catch the eye of advanced gold type and date collectors.PCGS# 45521. BASE PCGS# 7665. NGC ID: BFW5.From the Darrel O. Neidigh Jr. Collection.

Estimate: $15000