1819 50C MS(PCGS#6117)

January 2024 Mail Bid Auction 57

Auctioneer

Sheridan Downey

Lot Number

7

Grade

AU55

Price

1,650

Lot Description

Another PCGS “rattler,” lot 8388 from the same Sept. 2012 Heritage sale as the preceding 1819/8.  It brought $2,354.  Brilliant centers, dazzling luster and a welcome halo of russet through the stars and legend.  Q. David Bowers sold the coin to the Heritage consignor during a 1974 Long Beach Show as “UNC with rub.”  No argument.  There are traces of friction on the portrait; the fields are unscathed save for a contact mark twixt left wing and neck.  Well struck throughout.  Maybe a hint of weakness, lower drapery.  A virtual lock to grade “58” today.  Kraft envelope accompanies, memorializing the 1974 purchase from QDB. Estimate:  $2,000 to $2,500