1809 50C O-104 MS(PCGS#39393)

August 2016 Mail Bid Auction 43

Auctioneer

Sheridan Downey

Lot Number

14

Grade

AU55

Price

3,862

Lot Description

Ex Dr. Charles Link, noted on the PCGS label.  Earlier in the collections of Charles De Olden [lot 5 Fabulous 44 Sale, 2006 Denver ANA, at $3,000] and Ralph Fox, January 2002 FUN [to De Olden at $2,250].  Light to medium grey toning with iridescent highlights at the peripheries.  Chin and left wing weak, as always.  Among the finest known.  Soft luster throughout; light friction in the fields.  Need I extol the desirability of high grades R.5’s?  Est. $2,500 to $3,500.