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Mail Bid Auction 60

Auction ends on August 20, 2025 6:00 pm CDT

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Lot Number 6


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1808 -  O.108 R.3 PCGS MS 62


Ex Louis Eliasberg   A special coin on several counts.  The Eliasberg provenance, of course, triggers immediate interest.  (Shouldn’t every bust half collector have an “Eliasberg” coin?)  Herrman places it at #3 in the Condition Census but offers no record of a higher grade example appearing at auction.  Perhaps more important is the impressive strike.  Liberty’s curls and drapery folds are fully struck.  The same goes for the eagle’s claws and feathers.  All thirteen stars strut center points.  Unbroken luster flows across the surfaces.  The coin is lightly toned with minimal signs of contact.  In all, a very special 1808.  This was lot 1703 in the April 1997 Eliasberg B&M sale.  Dr. Charles Link consigned the coin to MB 53, Jan. 2022, lot 67.  Scorzafava prevailed at $5,940.  The Eliasberg-Link provenance appears on the PCGS label.   Estimate: $5,500 to $6,500

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$5,300
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$6,363 $5,830

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