1866-S 50C Motto MS(PCGS#6320)

The Regency Auction 48

Auctioneer

Legend Rare Coin Auctions

Lot Number

115

Grade

MS65+

Price

17,625

Lot Description

Ex Eliasberg, as noted on the insert. This is a simply stunning first year of issue example from this important issue with an enviable provenance! A thick, frosty, satiny mint luster gleams boldly across the surfaces on both sides of this plusgraded GEM. The immaculate surfaces display a bold, cartwheel toning over pearly-silver and a hint of the clearest gold. Ex. John G. Mills, Collection, S.H. and H. Chapman, April 1904, lot 931; J.M. Clapp; John H. Clapp; Clapp Estate to Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr, in 1942, en bloc via Stack's; Louis E. Eliasberg Collection, Bowers & Merena/ Stack's, April 1997, lot 2004; Superior Galleries, October 2000, lot 3350; Northeast Numismatics, via private treaty to Eugene H. Gardner; Eugene H. Gardner Collection, Part 1, June 2014, lot 30510; Boylston Collection, Legend Rare Coin Auctions, April 2021, lot 49. PCGS 2, NGC 6, CAC 1. This is the ONLY MS65+ graded at either service. The most recent PCGS MS65 to sell in auction was the Noblet-Byers-Gardner coin that sold for $30,550 in October 2015. This coin is worthy of a very strong bid from the date or type collector. Do not let it slip away! Cert. Number 43300428 PCGS # 6320