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1828 25C B-4, R.3, MS67 NGC....
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$102,000.00
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Description
1828 Quarter, Reflective MS67
Numerically Finest B-4 Example
Unsurpassed Technical Merit
1828 25C B-4, R.3, MS67 NGC. This landmark 1828 quarter is
the numerically finest B-4 representative known and it closely
rivals the Green-Newman NGC MS67★ CAC B-3 coin as the finest
1828 quarter, period. This example made a dramatic entrance onto
the numismatic market in 2015, when it appeared in our June Long
Beach Signature as lot 3899. At the time, a thorough examination of
plated auction catalogs for the last few decades failed to turn up
a prior appearance of this coin. It was unknown to the authors of
Early Quarter Dollars of the United States, and therefore
was absent from their roster of Condition Census examples; without
a doubt, this piece is finer than all the coins listed therein. In
our 2015 sale, this remarkable coin realized $108,675.The B-4 variety is more plentiful than B-2 and -3, but it is significantly scarcer than B-1. It is the only use of both sides; on the obverse, star 1 is set closer to the dentils than to the bust, and the on the reverse, the branch stems terminate above the center of the C in 25C., and the scroll ends beneath the far right edge of the first A in AMERICA.
A roster of the finest 1828 B-4 quarter dollars includes:
1. NGC MS67. Long Beach Signature (Heritage, 6/2015), lot 3899, where it brought $108,687.50; Legend Rare Coin Auctions (1/2020), lot 166, not sold; Eagle Collection (Stack's Bowers, 8/2020), lot 1184, where it sold for $78,000. The present coin.
2. PCGS MS66+. Bowers & Ruddy (2/1976), lot 1271; Douglas C. Kaselitz Collection (Stack's Bowers, 7/2015), lot 5142, where it realized $111,625; Dr. Charles Link Collection.
3. PCGS MS66. John Work Garrett Collection / Johns Hopkins University Collection, Part II (Bowers & Ruddy, 3/1980), lot 642 (as a raw MS65, Choice Brilliant Uncirculated, with full prooflike surfaces), where it sold for $60,000; Bowers & Merena (8/2000), lot 1259 (as PCGS MS65), where it realized $25,300.
4. NGC MS65. Superior (10/2000), lot 3143, where it brought $12,075.00; Eugene H. Gardner Collection, Part III (Heritage, 5/2015), lot 98323, where it sold for $19,975.
5. PCGS MS64 CAC. FUN Signature (Heritage, 1/2019), lot 4441, where it realized $14,400.
This piece is clearly from an early die state, devoid of die rust or other erosion, and it exhibits a flashy prooflike sheen in the fields. Prooflike qualities are not uncommon on B-4 representatives as this die pair was also used to strike the few known proofs of this date. This piece is not a proof, but the striking quality is nonetheless far superior to that of most other examples of the issue. In addition to the reflective fields, the devices rise sharply in relief and the peripheral stars exhibit full centrils. The arrowheads, olive leaves, and eagle's talons are uncommonly bold, and the scroll is squared around all but the lower central edge. A blanket of pastel lavender, sky-blue, and mint-gold toning graces each side, highlighting the relief details and accenting the mirrored recesses. We would not be surprised to one day learn that this piece traded as a proof in the past, prior to being certified as a circulation strike by NGC, although its status as one of the finest 1828 circulation strikes known is arguably more important. This is the kind of coin most numismatists dream of owning, but in all honesty do not really think exists.
Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 23RV, Variety PCGS# 38978, Base PCGS# 5342, Greysheet# 212717)
Weight: 6.74 grams
Metal: 89.24% Silver, 10.76% Copper
Auction Info
2022 August 22 - 28 US Coins Signature® Auction #1348 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
August, 2022
22nd-28th
Monday-Sunday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 21
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