1853 G25C BG-214 MS(PCGS#10399)

March 2021 U.S. Coins Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

6112

Grade

MS64

Price

7,800

Lot Description

1853 Round 25 Cents. BG-214. Rarity-7-. Liberty Head. MS-64 (PCGS). A beautiful semi-prooflike example with wisps of pale rose iridescence to otherwise bright medium gold surfaces. From the firm of Frontier, Deviercy & Co., active in San Francisco 1853 to 1864, and the successors to Joseph Bros., though only in their minting business. BG-214 has a crudely reeded edge with a gold-plated planchet over a lesser karat gold core. PCGS suggests just 10 to 14 examples of this elusive issue can be accounted for today. Take a good look at this rarity, as it tied for finest certified at PCGS and may be the only market offering of BG-214 for quite some time. Provenance: Ex DeWitt Smith Collection, December 1908; our (Bowers and Merena's) sale of the Virgil M. Brand Collection, Part II, June 1984, lot 1565. Bowers and Merena lot tag included. PCGS Population: 3; 0 finer. PCGS# 10399. NGC ID: 2BHH. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.