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1835 25C B-5, R.2, MS65 PCGS. CAC....
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Description
1835 Capped Bust Quarter, B-5, MS65
Condition Census for the Date and Variety
1835 25C B-5, R.2, MS65 PCGS. CAC. This stellar Gem B-5 1835
quarter is toned medium-gray in the centers while combining blue
peripheral accents and hints of rose-gold in the fields. The
surface quality is outstanding, as expected for the grade. This
piece is identifiable by a pair of minute nicks in the field before
Liberty's chin and another tick on the neck. The strike is sharp on
all of Liberty's curls and each star save for star 7, which lacks
the central radial lines.Variety: B-5, R.3. Die State b. A straight die crack runs from the rim through the lower-outside point of star 6 through Liberty's head above her eye to the center of star 10. Broadly recut on the letters OF AM to the left. Certainly in the Condition Census for the variety, and listed as the second-finest example of this die pairing by Steve Tompkins in his Early United States Quarters 1796-1838, behind an MS66 coin (apparently uncertified), sold by Superior on 8/11/1990 as lot number 1080.
Population Data (7/14): Without regard to varieties, PCGS reports two MS65 and three MS66 finer. NGC has graded three Uncirculated examples of the B-5, all MS61. For all known varieties, NGC has seen two MS65, one MS66, and two MS67.
Heritage Commentary: While the B-5 variety of 1835 is relatively available, most survivors are XF to AU at best. Mint State examples survive only to the extent of a few pieces, the present Gem likely finest or second-finest of the bunch, according to the Condition Census in Early Quarter Dollars. Steve Tompkins lists one MS66 finer from a Superior 1990 auction, a catalog we lack.
Provenance: Long Beach Signature (Heritage, 2/2006), lot 923.
Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 23S2, Variety PCGS# 39001, Base PCGS# 5354, GSID# 212974)
Metal: 89.24% Silver, 10.76% Copper
Weight: 6.74 grams
ASW: 0.19338oz
Mintage: 1,952,000
Auction Info
2014 October 27 The Eugene H. Gardner Collection II US Coins Signature Auction - New York #1214 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
October, 2014
27th
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