1897-O 25C MS(PCGS#5617)

The August 2010 Boston Rarities Sale

Auctioneer

Bowers & Merena

Lot Number

458

Grade

MS61

Price

1,035

Lot Description

1897-O Barber Quarter. MS-61 (NGC). A heavily circulated issue with just 1.4 million pieces produced, the 1897-O is scarce in worn condition and rare-to-very rare in all Mint State grades. Presenting exceptionally well at the BU level of preservation, this coin is lustrous and sharply struck with intricate definition throughout. Otherwise brilliant, mottled copper-apricot iridescence rings the peripheries and further accents surfaces that are uncommonly smooth for the assigned grade.