Lot Number 89
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1826 - O.114 R.4+ PCGS MS 63 OGH
Ex Charlton Meyer, James Ross and Charles Link. A protective crust of antique auburn toning took decades to develop. Cakey luster rolls, undisturbed, beneath the patina. The surfaces are smooth as glass save for an ancient scuff near the olive stem and denomination. The coin surfaced, already graded, in 1991. It was the only known mint state `26-114. I offered it privately to Charlton Meyer. He did not hesitate at $1,975. At the August 2008 ANA Convention it was among the rarities from the Meyer Collection offered for private sale. James Ross was pleased to take it home at $4,950. He later traded it to Dr. Charles Link. (Link now owns the NGC MS 64 offered by Heritage in its Jan. 2008 FUN Show sale, lot 1494. It later crossed to an MS 64 PCGS holder.) The originality of the current offering puts it in the horserace for win, place or show in the Condition Census. Est. $5,000 and up.
