1808 50C O-102a MS(PCGS#39363)

August 2018 Mail Bid Auction 47

Auctioneer

Sheridan Downey

Lot Number

9

Grade

AU58+

Price

4,070

Lot Description

The first of ten coins consigned by Keith Davignon.  If you’ve followed my recent auctions you know what that means.  Mind-boggling eye appeal!  Here is a blast white 1808. formerly in the collections of Jim Brilliant and Gehring Prouty.  Luster matches that of a freshly minted Franklin half-dollar.  The surfaces are immaculate, the central devices well struck.  Prouty acquired the coin at the Jan. 1992 B&M sale of Brilliant’s collection where lot 105 was graded “MS 60/63.”  Prouty’s personal insert includes his grade and comment, “AU58/63 …white/lustrous – beautiful.”  Davignon found the coin in my bourse case during the 2014 ANA Convention in Chicago.  Auction and Prouty inserts accompany the lot.  Est. $4,000 to $5,000.