FROM THE BOYLSTON COLLECTION PART III Legend Rare Coin Auctions is proud to offer this major early Proof Seated Liberty half dollar rarity! Only 10 are estimated to have been struck and there are about 6-8 pieces accounted for in all grades. The present near GEM is the SINGLE FINEST at PCGS! The flashy mirrors are bold and brilliant, gleaming from under a dusting of classic, old time iridescent toning. Shades of antique peach-rose, apricot-gold, lilac, blue, and magenta violet hues really come alive at certain angles when rotated in a light. Every detail is sharply struck on both sides. The definition is razor sharp with crisp delineation all over. Both sides show minor hairlines in the fields, which account for the assigned grade, but these are mostly toned over and have little impact overall. Ex. Dr. H.R. Wilson; New Netherlands' 1952 ANA auction, August 1952, lot 310; Elliot Landau Collection, New Netherlands, December 1958, lot 575; Dr. James Sloss, Bowers & Merena, January 1999, lot 1137; intermediaries; Eugene Gardner Collection, via private treaty from Pinnacle Rarities, April 2008; Gene Gardner Collection, Part IV, Heritage, October 2015, lot 98712; 2017 FUN Auction, Heritage, January 2017, lot 5670; Heritage, February 2019, lot 3616; our consignor. In the Heritage sale of the Gardner Collection, the catalogers accounted for 8 examples, including two permanently impounded in institutional collections and off the market, leaving just six available for collectors. PCGS 1, NGC 3. This coin represents one of the NGC-graded examples, having been recently submitted for cross over. This coin sold for $28,200 in October 2015 as an NGC-graded piece. We do not see why CAC did not bean it. The PCGS Price Guide value is listed at $45,000 and we think this VERY CHOICE piece will sell for a very strong bid! Coins this rare are sometimes overlooked in the market, do not let this opportunity pass you by! Cert. Number 42350170 PCGS # 6385