1830 50C O-119 MS(PCGS#39830)

August 2018 Mail Bid Auction 47

Auctioneer

Sheridan Downey

Lot Number

101

Grade

MS61

Price

1,320

Lot Description

The delicate, silvery centers are surrounded by a phantasmagoric ring of electric toning, lighter on the reverse.  The strike is superb.  Except for the shield all devices are fully stuck.  The old PCGS label says, “Large 0.”   Overton singled out the O.119 as the only 1830 with a medium sized 0.  He correctly notes that at 2.5 mm it is a tad taller than earlier listed varieties and ¼ mm shorter than the Large 0 varieties of O.120-123. From the Cape Cod Collection.   Est. $1,300 to $1,800.