1827 50C O-144 MS(PCGS#39744)

February 2021 Mail Bid Auction 51

Auctioneer

Sheridan Downey

Lot Number

63

Grade

XF45

Price

3,471

Lot Description

Untoned with nearly full cartwheel luster.  Traces of friction in the fields account for the conservative grade.  This is an important coin, earlier in the collection of Dr. Charles Link.  Our consignor acquired it privately in 2015.  The O.144 and O.145 die pairs of 1827 share a common obverse.  Each is a solid R.5, with the O.144 edging out the O.145 in absolute rarity. Estimate: $2,000 to $2,500