1850-O 25C MS(PCGS#5416)

The August 2010 Boston Rarities Sale

Auctioneer

Bowers & Merena

Lot Number

444

Grade

MS63

Price

3,450

Lot Description

1850-O Seated Liberty Quarter. Briggs 1-B. MS-63 (PCGS). This important condition rarity probably traces its pedigree to a (very) small hoard of five-to-six Mint State 1850-O Quarters that entered the numismatic market circa 1986. A generally sharp strike is a remarkable attribute for an issue that is usually offered with poor definition on one or both sides. Bright and brilliant with a satin-white sheen, the surfaces reveal no individually mentionable distractions among the grade-defining abrasions. Condition Census for this heavily circulated and/or widely melted Seated Quarter issue from the antebellum New Orleans Mint.