1840 25C Drapery MS(PCGS#5397)

Spring 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

3041

等级

MS66

价格

105,838

详细说明

An extraordinary upper end Gem, the single finest certified example of this underrated condition rarity among early date Liberty Seated quarters. The obverse offers especially deep and vivid toning with a target-like distribution to steel-blue, antique copper and reddish-rose colors. The central reverse remains largely brilliant within a halo of soft tan-apricot and power blue peripheral iridescence. Frosty surfaces are lustrous and smooth with razor sharp to full striking detail throughout the design.<p>As a quick perusal of our online archives will show, the 1840 Drapery is the rarest of the three Liberty Seated quarter issues of that date in Mint State preservation. The 1840-O No Drapery and, to a lesser extent, 1840-O Drapery benefited from the inclusion of a fair number of uncirculated coins in the New Orleans Hoard unearthed in 1982. Fortune was not so kind to the 1840 Drapery, however, and there are no known hoards of this issue. When we further consider that there was essentially no numismatic demand for circulation strike coinage among the few collectors active in the Northeast during the 1840s, it is easy to understand why so few examples of this issue escaped the rigors of commercial use. This is the finest that we have ever encountered, and it is highly recommended for inclusion in a top-flight Liberty Seated quarter set.