1826/6 $2.50 MS(PCGS#7665)

June 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auktionator

Stack's Bowers

Losnummer

2315

Erhaltungsgrad

MS61

Preis

132.000

Losbeschreibung

This expertly produced example offers full, razor sharp striking detail from the borders to the centers. Bright golden-olive color greets the viewer from both sides, and there is also a tinge of pinkish-rose iridescence to further enhance the eye appeal. Even more extraordinary than the color is the finish, which is notably prooflike with reflective qualities in the fields. The in-hand appearance is remarkably smooth given the assigned grade, and one will need a loupe to discern faint hairlines and a few light slide marks on Liberty's cheek that justify the MS-61 assessment from PCGS. This is a solidly graded Mint State coin, however, and also a PQ one at the BU level as evidenced by rare CAC approval. BD Die State a/a.<p>Although traditionally described as an 1826/5 overdate, the only known variety of this issue is now recognized as a repunched date. Mint records provide a mintage figure of 760 quarter eagles for calendar year 1826, although the number of 1827-dated quarter eagles extant suggests that some of the coins struck that year were from 1826-dated dies. Indeed, John W. Dannreuther (2006) provides an estimated mintage for the 1826/6 of 760 to 1,750 pieces, the latter figure probably more accurate. Survivors are rare, nonetheless, and number fewer than 40 coins, perhaps no more than 35 examples. Such a paltry extant population ensures that this exceedingly rare Prooflike Mint State survivor example will catch the eye of advanced gold type and date collectors.