August 2023 Global Showcase Auction – 14 - 21 August 2023
Live Sessions: Ancient and World Coins, Currency
Part B: Tu, 15.08.2023, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part D: Tu, 15.08.2023, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 2: Tu, 15.08.2023, from 9:00 PM CEST
Part C: Tu, 15.08.2023, from 10:00 PM CEST
Part 3: We, 16.08.2023, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part 4: We, 16.08.2023, from 7:00 PM CEST
Part 5: We, 16.08.2023, from 10:00 PM CEST
Part 6: Th, 17.08.2023, from 12:00 AM CEST
Part E: Th, 17.08.2023, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 7: Th, 17.08.2023, from 8:00 PM CEST
Part 8: Fr, 18.08.2023, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part 9: Sa, 19.08.2023, from 1:00 AM CEST
Part 10: Sa, 19.08.2023, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part F: Mo, 21.08.2023, from 4:00 PM CEST
Description
1885 Liberty Head Nickel. MS-66 (PCGS). CAC.
Rare premium Gem quality for this key date nickel five-cent issue. Brilliant silver surfaces are remarkably sharp for the type with most design elements fully rendered and crisp. The texture is smooth and satiny, the surfaces exceptionally well preserved and silky smooth to the eye. The 1885 is a low mintage issue with just 1,472,700 circulation strikes produced. Since contemporary numismatists largely ignored these coins in favor of their Proof counterparts, virtually the entire mintage slipped quietly into circulation, where most were worn out and eventually lost. Today the 1885 is scarce in circulated grades and rare even at the lower reaches of Mint State preservation. This impressive MS-66 is a significant condition rarity that is sure to sell for a strong bid.
PCGS# 3846. NGC ID: 2773.
CAC Population: 14; 1.
From the Jerome S. Reznick Collection. Earlier from Lester Merkin's sale of April 1972, lot 220. Collector tag with provenance notation included.
Estimate: $8200
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Bidding
| Price realized | 9'000 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 8'200 USD |
