Stack's Bowers Galleries

Summer 2022 Global Showcase Auction  –  22 - 28 August 2022

Stack's Bowers Galleries, Summer 2022 Global Showcase Auction

Live Sessions: U.S. Coins & Currency

Part 1: Mo, 22.08.2022, from 4:00 PM UTC
Part 2: Tu, 23.08.2022, from 4:00 PM UTC
Part 3: Tu, 23.08.2022, from 7:00 PM UTC
Part 4: We, 24.08.2022, from 8:00 PM UTC
Part 5: Th, 25.08.2022, from 3:00 PM UTC
Part 6: Th, 25.08.2022, from 8:00 PM UTC
Part 7: Th, 25.08.2022, from 9:00 PM UTC
Part 8: Th, 25.08.2022, from 10:00 PM UTC
Part 9: Sa, 27.08.2022, from 3:00 PM UTC
Part 10: Sa, 27.08.2022, from 9:00 PM UTC
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Description

1926 Sesquicentennial of American Independence Quarter Eagle. MS-65 (PCGS). OGH.
Very well preserved for this conditionally challenging issue, both sides display appealing mint luster and bright honey-gold patina. Through the Act of March 3, 1925, Congress authorized the Mint to produce 200,000 quarter eagles and 1,000,000 half dollars to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the United States, and the Philadelphia Mint struck these during May and June of 1926 (with additional examples of both denominations produced for assay purposes). These mintage figures proved wildly optimistic, with 154,207 quarter eagles and 859,408 half dollars eventually being melted as unsold. The resultant net mintage is 46,019 and 141,120 pieces, respectively (totals include 226 and 528 assay coins). In today's market, both Sesquicentennial issues are regarded as conditionally challenging, and Gem Mint State coins such as this scarce and eagerly sought by advanced collectors.
PCGS# 7466. NGC ID: BYLT.

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Price realized 2'000 USD
Starting price 1 USD
Estimate 1'500 USD
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