August 2024 Global Showcase Auction – 12 - 23 August 2024
Ancient and World Coins and Currency
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Description
1845-O Liberty Seated Half Dollar. WB-18, FS-302. Rarity-4. Repunched Date, Tripled Date. MS-64 (PCGS). CAC.
Produced in respectable numbers (2 million pieces), the 1845-O is a common Liberty Seated half from the 1840s, at least in the lower circulated grades. In EF and AU, however, the 1845-O is conditionally scarce, and even marginal Mint State survivors are considered rare. The offered near-Gem here is lightly toned in iridescent golden-russet that finds greatest expression around the reverse periphery. The luster is rich and satiny throughout, especially vibrant in the fields. A sharply struck and virtually distraction-free example that is difficult to improve upon in terms of technical quality. For the variety, in fact, it may be unimprovable, and was cataloged as "believed to be the finest-known Tripled Date example" in Heritage's August 2014 sale. Inasmuch as there are no coins designated WB-18/FS-302 certified Mint State at either PCGS or NGC, we concur with this assessment. An especially fleeting bidding opportunity for the advanced collector of Liberty Seated half dollar variety. The attribution is not noted on the PCGS insert.
PCGS# 6249. NGC ID: 24H4.
PCGS Population: 9; 6 finer (MS-66 finest).
From the Srotag Collection. Earlier from our (Bowers and Merena's) Frontenac Sale, November 1991, lot 3220; unknown intermediaries; Jim O'Donnell; Dick Osburn Collection; Heritage's Chicago ANA Signature Auction of August 2014, lot 4429; Legend Rare Coin Auctions' sale of the York Collection, December 2017 Regency Auction XXIV, lot 76; Legend Rare Coin Auctions' sale of the Boylston Collection, April 2021 Regency Auction 44, lot 12.
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| Price realized | 3'800 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 6'000 USD |
