Stack's Bowers Galleries

August 2024 Global Showcase Auction  –  12 - 23 August 2024

Stack's Bowers Galleries, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction

Ancient and World Coins and Currency

Part A: Mo, 12.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part B: Mo, 12.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part C: Mo, 12.08.2024, from 10:00 PM CEST
Part 1: Tu, 13.08.2024, from 1:00 AM CEST
Part 2: Tu, 13.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 3: Tu, 13.08.2024, from 10:00 PM CEST
Part D: We, 14.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 4: We, 14.08.2024, from 9:00 PM CEST
Part 5: Th, 15.08.2024, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part E: Fr, 16.08.2024, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part 6: Fr, 16.08.2024, from 9:00 PM CEST
Part 7: Sa, 17.08.2024, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part F: Sa, 17.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 8: Mo, 19.08.2024, from 7:00 PM CEST
Part G: Tu, 20.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 9: Tu, 20.08.2024, from 7:00 PM CEST
Part H: Tu, 20.08.2024, from 8:00 PM CEST
Part 10: We, 21.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part I: We, 21.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 11: Th, 22.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part J: Th, 22.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part K: Fr, 23.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 12: Fr, 23.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
The auction is closed.

Description

1902-S Barber Dime. MS-65 (PCGS).
A glorious premium Gem Mint State San Francisco dime with delicate reddish-gold iridescence enhancing frosty mint luster. A relatively generous mintage of 2,070,000 pieces conceals the rarity of the 1902-S in high grades. This is the fourth rarest San Francisco Mint Barber dime in Mint State (per your cataloger, JRJ, 2024), and it handily outdistances the lower mintage 1904-S, 1909-S, 1913-S and 1915-S, as well as the 1895, 1896, 1897-O, 1907-D and 1909-D. In grades of MS-65 and higher, Q. David Bowers (2019) describes the 1902-S as, "One of the rarer issues of the era, yet another numismatic surprise."
PCGS# 4829. NGC ID: 23EL.
PCGS Population: 7; 14 finer (MS-67 finest).
From the Knohl Collection.

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Price realized 1'500 USD
Starting price 1 USD
Estimate 2'000 USD
The auction is closed.
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