1853 $20 Moffat & Co. MS(PCGS#10255)

August 2011 Chicago ANA - Rarities Night

Commissaire-priseur

Stack's Bowers

Numéro du lot

7552

Grade

AU53

Prix

22 425

Description du lot

1853 United States Assay Office of Gold--Moffat $20 Gold. K-19. Rarity-5+. AU-53 (PCGS). CAC. Although bearing the name of Moffat & Co. as part of the obverse design this coin is attributed to the United States Assay Office of Gold. When they acquired the Assay Office contrast from a retiring John Little Moffat, Curtis, Perry and Ward also obtained permission to use the old Moffat & Co. name on any subsequent coinage. Representing this scarce issue, the present example has a very nice "look" that blends olive-gold, yellow-gold and pale-rose colors. More direct angels call forth vibrant mint bloom from the protected areas around the devices, but not even closer inspection reveals a particularly noteworthy abrasion in a lightly circulated coin of this type. Sharply defined, and very appealing to behold.