1918/7-D 5C MS (PCGS#3939)
The August 2010 Boston Rarities Sale
- 拍卖行
- Bowers & Merena
- 批号
- 292
- 等级
- AU58
- 价格
- 136,212
- 详细说明
- 1918/7-D Buffalo Nickel. FS-101 (FS-016.5). AU-58 (NGC). This is a very rare overdate that eluded numismatists for more than a decade after it was produced. The 1918/7-D resulted from the Philadelphia Mint's simultaneous preparation of 1917-dated and 1918-dated Buffalo Nickel dies at the end of the former year. One of these obverse dies was first sunk from a 1917-dated hub but then subsequently rehubbed from a 1918-dated hub. Shipped west to the Denver Mint, the overdate obverse was used to strike an unknown number of 1918/7-D Nickels.<br /> Given the paucity of survivors in numismatic hands, the original mintage of the 1918/7-D must have been very small. The first examples were not identified until 1931, further compounding the rarity of high-grade survivors in today's numismatic market. At the near-Mint level, the coin we offer here is certainly far finer than the typical survivor. The surfaces reveal only minimal wear that leaves plenty of bold-to-sharp definition in most areas. The toning is mostly silver-gray in hue, although more direct angles call forth vivid golden-apricot undertones that are particularly pronounced on the reverse. A few wispy blemishes notwithstanding, the surfaces are overall smooth and possessed of uncommonly strong eye appeal for this elusive overdate. A rare find for the advanced Buffalo Nickel specialist.
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