August 2024 Global Showcase Auction – 12 - 23 August 2024
Ancient and World Coins and Currency
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Description
Top Pop 1948 Lincoln Cent
1948 Lincoln Cent. MS-68 RD (NGC).
This breathtakingly beautiful Ultra Gem offers unsurpassable quality and eye appeal in a circulation strike Lincoln cent of the Wheat Ears Reverse design type. Aglow with full mint orange color, the even finish provides a smooth canvas to delight in the iconic 20th century design. Incredibly satiny surfaces with hardly any marks to note. Considering a large mintage for 1948 cents that reaches into the hundreds of millions, the U.S. Mint proved busy in the years following World War II. While overall common as an issue, examples that display near-perfect quality surfaces are virtually nonexistent. Because these Lincoln cents were tossed, bagged up, shipped across the country, and further abused in circulation, the story behind the expert preservation of this particular example is an intriguing mystery. At the MS-68 RD grade level, it is the only representative available between both PCGS and NGC, and will surely see spirited bidding among Lincoln cent connoisseurs.
PCGS# 2761. NGC ID: 22ES.
Combined PCGS and NGC Population: 1; 0 finer.
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Bidding
| Price realized | 3'200 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 8'000 USD |
