1836 50C O-104a MS(PCGS#39942)

August 2018 Mail Bid Auction 47

Auctioneer

Sheridan Downey

Lot Number

113

Grade

AU55

Price

990

Lot Description

Where’s the rub?  Raucous luster is unbroken through the lightly toned fields and across the devices.  The surfaces are a marvel.  Perhaps PCGS did not care for the splash of darker toning on the portrait.  Last offered at Heritage’s Feb. 2013 Long Beach Sale, lot 3468 where it landed just short of $1,300.  The reverse die, in its first use, was later married to a new obverse – dated 1834!  Est. $1,000 to $1,500.