1856-D $2.50 MS (PCGS#7779)
August 2019 ANA U.S. Coins Auction Rosemont, IL
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 5284
- 等级
- XF40
- 价格
- 152,464
- 详细说明
- Low Mintage 1856-D Quarter Eagle
The Rarest Dahlonega Mint $2.50
1856-D Liberty Head Quarter Eagle. Winter 19-M, the only known dies. EF-40 (PCGS).
Significant Extremely Fine quality for this fabled rarity in the Dahlonega Mint quarter eagle series. The 1856-D is not a well produced issue and, indeed, the present example is softly defined both over the central high points and around the peripheries. Actual wear is expectably light for the assigned grade, however, both sides retaining full outline detail to all devices as well as some bolder definition in the recesses of the design. Bathed in honey-gold patina, the surfaces are smooth in hand and present uncommonly well for a lightly circulated Southern gold coin from the pre-Civil War era.
The 1856-D is the lowest mintage Dahlonega Mint quarter eagle and the only one with a mintage of fewer than 1,000 coins. With the issue suffering a high rate of attrition in commerce, it is little wonder that survivors from a mintage of 874 coins are elusive in all grades. Douglas Winter (2003) accounts for just 40 to 45 coins extant, the experts at PCGS CoinFactstaking a slightly more liberal view with 45 to 55 known. In either case, the 1856-D is the rarest Dahlonega Mint two-and-a half in an absolute sense and the second rarest (along with the 1842-D) in high grades (read: AU and Mint State). As one of our few offerings for this issue in recent years, this handsome EF represents a fleeting bidding opportunity for the advanced Southern gold collector.
Provenance: From the Maurice Snow Collection.
PCGS# 7779. NGC ID: 25J9.
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