1858 1C Small Letters MS(PCGS#2020)

June 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

Commissaire-priseur

Stack's Bowers

Numéro du lot

302

Grade

MS64+

Prix

1 200

Description du lot

1858 Flying Eagle Cent. Small Letters, Low Leaves (Style of 1858), Type II. MS-64+ (NGC). Delightful satin surfaces are highly lustrous with splashes of vivid reddish-rose and powder blue iridescence enhancing both sides. A base of equally attractive champagne-apricot patina is also noted. Sharply to fully struck and carefully preserved, this is an exceptionally colorful near-Gem from the brief Flying Eagle cent series of 1856 to 1858. Provenance: From the Q. David Bowers Collection. Earlier from our Baltimore Auction of November 2019, lot 1097. PCGS# 2020. NGC ID: 2279. Click here for certification details from NGC.