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1884 25C PR69 ★ Cameo NGC....
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Sold on Nov 15, 2013 for:
$70,500.00
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Description
1884 Quarter, PR69 ★ Cameo
One of Five So Graded for the Entire Type
One of Two in the Newman Collection
1884 25C PR69 ★ Cameo NGC. Of the five Seated quarter
proofs, all dates, certified PR69 Cameo at NGC, two are in the
Newman Collection. Both of the Newman coins also carry the NGC Star
designation for superior eye appeal. The current 1884 quarter is
one, the 1883 also in the present Platinum Night session is the
other. (For accuracy, we mention that there are two other PR69
non-Cameo Seated quarter proofs at NGC, making seven numerically
graded PR69 in all; there are none at NGC in PR69 Ultra Cameo.)PCGS has never graded a Seated quarter at the PR69 level. All of the foregoing makes the 1883 and 1884 Newman Collection Seated quarters, both in PR69 ★ Cameo NGC, two of the finest Seated quarters appearing for numismatic auction in decades. Coins of such high quality tend to gravitate toward real collectors, numismatists likely to keep such coins for many years, usually as the centerpiece of their collections.
The patina on this immaculate, fully struck proof is consistent with the 1883, but here there is a bit more emphasis on amber-gold on each side. Some forthright collector could acquire both of the coins with sufficiently forceful bids, in the process acquiring two of the finest Seated Liberty proof quarters on the planet, as well as the beginning of an unimprovable Registry Set.
Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.(Registry values: P1)
Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 23XG, PCGS# 85585, Greysheet# 5364)
Weight: 6.25 grams
Metal: 90% Silver, 10% Copper
Auction Info
2013 November 15 - 16 Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection Part II Signature Auction - New York #1190 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
November, 2013
15th-16th
Friday-Saturday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 17
Lot Tracking Activity: N/A
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Buyer's Premium per Lot:
17.5% of the successful bid per lot.
Truth Seeker: The Life of Eric P. Newman (softcover)
A powerful and intimidating dealer of the 1960s, backed by important colleagues, was accused of selling fraudulent gold coins and ingots to unsuspecting numismatists. Who would go up against a man like that and, over the course of decades, prove the fraud? Who would expose a widely respected scholar as a thief, then doggedly pursue recovery of coins that the scholar had stolen from an embarrassed numismatic organization, all over the objections of influential collectors who had bought coins with clouded titles? Eric P. Newman would - and did. Reserve your copy today.
A powerful and intimidating dealer of the 1960s, backed by important colleagues, was accused of selling fraudulent gold coins and ingots to unsuspecting numismatists. Who would go up against a man like that and, over the course of decades, prove the fraud? Who would expose a widely respected scholar as a thief, then doggedly pursue recovery of coins that the scholar had stolen from an embarrassed numismatic organization, all over the objections of influential collectors who had bought coins with clouded titles? Eric P. Newman would - and did. Reserve your copy today.
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