August 2024 Global Showcase Auction – 12 - 23 August 2024
Ancient and World Coins and Currency
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Description
Tied for Finest Certified 1896-O Barber Dime
The Gardner Specimen
1896-O Barber Dime. MS-67 (CACG). Legacy Holder.
This is an exceptionally well preserved example of an issue that is typically offered well worn. Not only is this coin fully Mint State, but it is an undeniable Superb Gem with smooth, billowy mint luster and a sharp to full strike. Richly and originally toned, as well, mottled cobalt blue and reddish-rose iridescence appears to drift toward the borders. There is certainly much to recommend this impressive condition rarity to the advanced Barber dime enthusiast. The 1896-O is a popular semi-key date issue that saw a production run of just 610,000 pieces, the sixth lowest mintage figure for the design type. It is the third rarest New Orleans Mint Barber dime after the 1894-O and 1895-O, and is scarce even in lower Mint State grades. Gems are highly elusive, even in MS-65, and the present example is arguably the finest certified as a premium MS-67 graded by CACG.
PCGS# 4810. NGC ID: 23DZ.
CACG Population: 1; 0 finer. NGC reports two grading events in MS-67, but now that this coin has been crossed to a CAC Legacy Holder, there are no CAC Stickered examples in this grade. PCGS has not certified an example of this issue finer than MS-66+.
From the Srotag Collection. Earlier from Heritage's FUN Signature Auction of January 2007, lot 881; Eugene H. Gardner; Heritage's sale of the Eugene H. Gardner Collection, Part II, October 2014, lot 98308.
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| Price realized | 18'000 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 25'000 USD |
