1826 50C O-118a MS(PCGS#39692)

August 2018 Mail Bid Auction 47

Auctioneer

Sheridan Downey

Lot Number

70

Grade

MS63

Price

4,621

Lot Description

One of a handful of coins to qualify as wholly original.  The surfaces are immaculate.  The lovely toning probably came from storage in tissue paper and/or a National Coin Album.  I suspect that the family that preserved this one for us over many generations lived in a dry climate.  We know the coin was encapsulated sometime between 1993 and 1998.  From the Cape Cod Collection.  Est. $2,300 to $3,000.