1828 50C O-121 MS(PCGS#39776)

August 2021 Mail Bid Auction 52

Auctioneer

Sheridan Downey

Lot Number

37

Grade

AU50

Price

2,310

Lot Description

Ex Dr. Gerald Schertz  Rose centers, electric blue at the peripheries.  I wish all our “AU 50s” looked like this.  From the 1980s until the mid-1990s Dr. Gerald Schertz was among the most fervent members of BHNC.  His first love was the pre-turbs, 1794-1807.  In 1994 he consigned his nearly complete die variety set of capped bust halves to me.  (The pre-turbs came 3 years later.)  I organized a series of auction and private sales that featured Jerry’s coins.  Tim picked up this 1828 in May 1994 along with a few other pieces from the Schertz collection.  The coin is gorgeous, essentially without faults.  Jerry Schertz and I met in 1983 and became close friends.  In the years to follow we enjoyed “expedition travel” to Australia, Antarctica, Papua New Guinea and India.  He died in November 2013 after being stuck by a car during a violent storm outside the hospital where he worked.  His obituary is worth reading: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nhregister/name/gerald-schertz-obituary?pid=168251975.     Estimate: $400 to $600