1847-C $2.50 MS(PCGS#7745)

The March 2011 Baltimore Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

6247

Grade

MS60

Price

4,543

Lot Description

1847-C Liberty Quarter Eagle. Winter Variety 1 (8-F), the only known dies. MS-60 (NGC). A bright yellow-gold coin that retains lustrous fields despite some minor handling marks. Scarce in mint state as the original mintage of 23,226 scarcely left any for collectors today, and perhaps 300-400 pieces exist from this issue, a fraction of those in Mint State. The strike is sharp even on the eagle's thigh, and a trace of die rust is noted below the CA of AMERICA.