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Mail Bid Auction 45

Auction ended on August 2, 2017

Lot Number 46


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1834 Sm. Dt.&Lets -  O.119 R.4 PCGS AU 58


Ex Troy Nelson (Allgood Collection).  A gossamer veneer of golden toning suggests recent storage in a kraft envelope.  Bold cartwheel luster flows across the devices.  Liberty’s fully rounded cheek left little metal for the corresponding area on the reverse.  We see weak feathers and planchet striations at the junction of the eagle’s left wing and torso.  This die pair is probably the scarcest of the year.  Its rarity is only now becoming known.  Davignon and a few BHNC colleagues spotted this coin, unattributed, in the Internet session of Heritage’s Jan. 2011 FUN Show sale (lot 10957).  The slightly disgruntled consignor was their BHNC comrade Troy Nelson.  Despite the absence of an attribution and the obscure catalog placement, the coin brought $1,725.  We expect it to do better today.  Est. $2,000 to $2,500.

Auction Ended

High Bid Maximum Bid Total Price
$1,500
Reserve met
$2,391 $1,650

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