1819/8 50C O-101 MS(PCGS#39555)

February 2021 Mail Bid Auction 51

Auctioneer

Sheridan Downey

Lot Number

33

Grade

AU58

Price

5,170

Lot Description

There are six over-dated die pairs in 1819.  Only one was struck from a working die prepared with the “small 9” punch.  Just two CAC-approved PCGS AU 58’s have ever appeared at auction, this one and the Eliasberg coin (MB 43, lot 30, Aug. 2016 @ $3,906).  When David Kahn consigned this piece to MB 45, my 2018 ANA Sale, I described lot 77 as follows: “… beautifully struck.  The brilliant, untoned surfaces are awash in luster and devoid of marks.  A bit of antique toning flutters through ES OF AM on the reverse.  Nice!”  Howard Sharfman prevailed at $3,740.  His BHNC colleague Tom Sears later acquired it by private treaty. Estimate: $3,000 to $4,000