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1901 50C PR68 PCGS. CAC....
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Description
1901 Half Dollar, PR68
Ex: Childs Collection
1901 50C PR68 PCGS. CAC. Ex: Childs Collection. Mirrored
fields and frost throughout the motifs and legends suggest a Cameo
designation is in order. However, the PCGS holder omits any such
notation. Delicate autumn-brown toning is more evident on the
obverse than the reverse. An immaculate example of the scarce
Barber proof type. The strike is bold, though slightly incomplete
on selected portions of the eagle.Population Data (5/14): PCGS shows two PR68 with none finer. NGC reports six PR68, one PR68 ★ , two PR68 Cameo, two PR68 ★ Cameo, one PR68+ ★ Cameo, and one PR69 ★ Cameo. CAC shows three PR68 and one PR68 Cameo.
Heritage Commentary: The Walter H. Childs Collection is best-known for its PR68 Class I 1804 dollar, the finest known and originally the Sultan of Muscat specimen. Childs was a steady customer of the U.S. Mint, purchasing proof sets (including quarter eagles) annually through 1905. Childs committed suicide in 1906, but his son C.F. Childs inherited his collection and improved it, eventually adding the famous 1804 dollar in 1945. The present lot is 113 years old but has had only four owners: Walter Childs, Charles Frederick Childs, C.F. Childs II, and Eugene Gardner.
Provenance: Purchased directly from the U.S. Mint by Walter H. Childs; Childs Collection (Bowers and Merena, 8/1999), lot 405.(Registry values: N4719)
Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 24P5, PCGS# 6548, Greysheet# 6654)
Weight: 12.50 grams
Metal: 90% Silver, 10% Copper
Auction Info
2014 June 23 The Eugene H. Gardner Collection of US Coins Signature Auction - New York #1213 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
June, 2014
23rd
Monday
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