August 2024 Global Showcase Auction – 12 - 23 August 2024
Ancient and World Coins and Currency
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Description
Finest Certified 1902-O Barber Dime
The Pittman Specimen
1902-O Barber Dime. MS-67 (NGC).
This is a phenomenal example of both the type and issue and will appeal to the most advanced Barber dime collector. Splashed with exceptionally vivid, multicolored toning, shades of cobalt blue, reddish-rose and salmon-pink are evident on one or both sides. The strike is uncommonly sharp for a New Orleans Mint product, and the luster quality is outstanding with a soft satin texture. Writing in the 2009 reference Collecting & Investing Strategies for Barber Dimes, our own Jeff Ambio states: The 1902-O is the rarest New Orleans Mint Barber dime struck during the 20th century, and it is also more elusive in Mint State than the 1892-O, 1893-O and 1897-O. In high grades, the 1902-O is actually the rarest O-mint Barber dime after only the 1894-O, and it even surpasses the fabled 1895-O in this regard. This is the single finest example recorded in that reference, and it is also the finest known to the major third party certification services. It is an exquisite Superb Gem whose offering in this sale represents what could very well be a once in a lifetime bidding opportunity for the advanced numismatist.
PCGS# 4828. NGC ID: 23EK.
Combined PCGS and NGC Population: 1; 0 finer.
From the Srotag Collection. Earlier from David W. Akers' sale of the John Jay Pittman Collection, Part I, October 1997, lot 702; Heritage's sale of the Belle Glade Collection, Part II, August 2007 Milwaukee ANA Signature Auction, lot 1633; Eugene H. Gardner; Heritage's sale of the Eugene H. Gardner Collection, Part II October 2014, lot 98314.
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| Price realized | 8'500 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 10'000 USD |
