August 2024 Global Showcase Auction – 12 - 23 August 2024
Ancient and World Coins and Currency
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Description
Desirable OC-P2 Variety of the Proof 1865 Silver Dollar
1865 Liberty Seated Silver Dollar. OC-P2. Rarity-3. Top 30 Variety. Doubled Die Obverse, Doubled Die Reverse. Proof-64+ (CACG).
Offered is a breathtaking example of the No Motto Liberty Seated dollar type in Proof format. Richly original surfaces are bathed in dominant charcoal-olive patina on the obverse through which intense cobalt blue undertones shine as the coin dips into a light. The more reserved reverse is dusted with pinkish-silver and apricot-gray iridescence. Fully struck, as befits the method of manufacture, with a silky smooth appearance that borders on pristine. Just 500 examples of this Civil War issue were struck, and considerably fewer pieces survive for collectors today. In fact, with the nation's attention focused on the end of that conflict, many Proof 1865 silver dollars remained unsold at the time and were later released into commercial channels. Among survivors, those that grade finer than the basal Proof-64 level are particularly rare and eagerly sought by advanced collectors. The OC-P2 is a significant variety of the Proof 1865 silver dollar. As described by Dick Osburn and Brian Cushing in their 2018 reference Liberty Seated Dollars: A Register of Die Varieties : We've included this die marriage, which displays notable doubling on both the obverse and reverse dies, in our list of our Top-30 Seated Dollar varieties. For the former, check the bottom of Liberty's gown above the digits 865 in the date. On the reverse, doubling is discernible at the tops of the letters UNI in UNITED.
PCGS# 7008. NGC ID: 252K.
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| Price realized | 6'500 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 10'000 USD |
