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Notes:
The finest Uncirculated examples graded by PCGS are 3 MS-63's.
In
August, 2004, NGC published a partial population report of gold coins
recovered from the shipwrecked SS Republic. Included were 25
1857 Double Eagles, ranging in grade from AU-50 to MS-63.
Significant examples:
"Choice Brilliant
Uncirculated". Ex - Sotheby's / Stack's "The 'Dallas Bank'
Collection" Auction, October 29-30, 2001, Lot 18,
illustrated
Recent appearances:
NGC AU-58. Ex- Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach Sale"
October 5-7, 2000, Lot 7839, illustrated, sold for $1,437.50
PCGS AU-55. Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October
2000 Long Beach Sale" October 5-7, 2000, Lot 7838, not illustrated,
sold for $1,000.50
PCGS AU-55. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale",
August 6-7, 2000, Lot 7433, not illustrated, not sold
AU-55. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection
Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 2537 at $805.00
AU-55. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of
Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part II", March 15-17, 2001, Lot 250 sold for
$1,380.00
AU-50. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 817, not
illustrated, sold for $977.50 Purchased
from Paramount, February 1974
EF-45. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W.
Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot
818, not illustrated, sold for $598.00 From Superior's sale of the Gilhousen Collection, February
1973, Lot 862
Extremely Fine. Ex- Stack's "The September Sale",
September 12-13, 2000, Lot 1739 at $603.75
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, July 2004" by
The
Professional Coin Grading Service
"The NGC Census Report",
August 13, 2004, www.ngcoin.com
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