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Images courtesy of Ira
& Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.
Varieties:
1839/8-C
1839 Repunched 39
Notes:
The finest examples graded by PCGS are 2 MS-61's.
The finest "1839/8 C" example graded by PCGS is a single AU-58.
Significant examples:
NGC MS-61. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s, "Summer 2001 Long Beach Signature
Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 8836, plated, sold for $12,075.00
Recent appearances:
AU-58, Lightly cleaned, repunched 39. Ex - Heritage Numismatic
Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale", August 6-7,
2000, Lot 5667, illustrated, sold for $3,450.00
NGC AU-58. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coin & Collectibles'
"The Fairchild Family Trust Collection Sale", May 28-30, 2001,
Lot 1235, illustrated, sold for $6,037.00
PCGS AU-58. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W.
Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 128,
"Repunched 39", illustrated, sold for $11,500.00 From
Superior's sale of the Gilhousen Collection, February 1973, Lot 125
PCGS AU-55 (illustrated
above). Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles,
Inc.'s "The California Sale", October 2-3, 2000, Lot 666 at
$5,060.00, where
it was described (in part) as follows: "The surfaces show moderate
handling marks, as always encountered on "C" Mint gold, but the
devices show nearly complete design elements, even the upper curls on
Liberty. Luster adheres near the stars and devices. This coin is well
struck by the dies, but they reverse must have been lapped down, as the
leaves show little evidence of their stems, and the arrows are joined to
CA of AMERICA. This would appear to make this the second die used in 1839
(also used in 1838 at Charlotte), but the same die crack mentioned in
Breen as the first reverse is present on this coin, down though the E of
STATES."
PCGS AU-55. Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October
2000 Long Beach Sale" October 5-7, 2000, Lot 7495, "Winter
2-B", illustrated, sold for $4,887.50
NGC AU-55. Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October
2000 Long Beach Sale" October 5-7, 2000, Lot 7496, Recut Date, Winter
3-C", illustrated, sold for $4,370.00 From the Violet Bancroft Collection
NGC AU-55. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coin &
Collectibles' "The Fairchild Family Trust Collection Sale", May
28-30, 2001, Lot 1236, illustrated, sold for $4,140.00
NGC AU-53 (illustrated
below). Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles,
Inc.'s "The California Sale", October 2-3, 2000, Lot 667 at
$3,910.00, where
it was described (in part) as follows: "The dies were really
suffering when this one was coined, the obverse has a bisecting crack from
the second to the ninth star, through Liberty's face, and another crack up
through the sharply recut 3 in the date. The reverse is even more sorry,
where we find a heavy break through the first 2 in the denomination up
through the eagle's beak into the field, and another crack just above the
left wing of the eagle. This is the "common" die pairing of this
scarce date."
PCGS AU-53. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan
Collection Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 2143, "Repunched 39"
at $5,520.00
ICG AU-50. Ex - Ira
& Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s "Benson
Collection, Part I", February 16, 18-20, 2001, Lot 3942, illustrated,
sold for $2,530.00
ICG EF-45. Ex - Ira
& Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s "Benson
Collection, Part I", February 16, 18-20, 2001, Lot 3943, illustrated,
sold for $1,667.00
ANACS Net EF-40. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan
Collection Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 2144 at $920.00
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial
Coins" by Walter Breen
"The PCGS Population
Report, April 2004" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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