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Images courtesy of Ira
& Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.
Significant examples:
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-63. Ex - Bowers and
Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV
Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 175, illustrated, sold for
$12,650.00 Finest graded by PCGS,
purchased from Stanley Kesselman, August 23, 1971
PCGS MS-62. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The
Rarities Sale", January 3, 2001, Lot 443, illustrated, sold for
$4,830.00 From the sale of the Harry Bass Collection, Part III,
May 2000, lot 151; earlier purchased from the Goliad Corporation; formerly
of the Fairfield Collection, October 1977, Lot 1522
PCGS MS-61. Ex - Superior Galleries' "The ANA 2001 National
Money Show Auction", March 8-9, 2001, Lot 763, unsold Ex- Harry W. Bass,
Jr.
NGC AU-55 (illustrated
above). Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles,
Inc.'s "The California Sale", October 2-3, 2000, Lot 674, sold
for $1,610.00, where
it was described (in part) as follows: "Weakly struck, "as
always" per Breen, this one no exception, with minor weakness noted
on Liberty's central hair curl and on the eagle's neck and body."
NGC AU-50. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles,
Inc.'s "The California Sale", October 2-3, 2000, Lot 675, sold
for $1,092.00
AU-50. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 176,
"Reverse worn to VF-20", illustrated, sold for $747.50 Purchased from Rowe and
Brownlee, June 25, 1968
Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-64.
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial
Coins" by Walter Breen
"The PCGS Population
Report, April 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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