Mail Bid Auction 59

Auction ended on January 10, 2025

Lot Number 35

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1818 -  O.112 R.2 PCGS MS 62

The parade of high quality 1818s concludes with this richly toned mint state example.  Cobalt blue electrifies the stars and legend.  The centers are deep rose.  Luster shimmers beneath the patina.  Stack’s/Bowers found a home for this coin in its September 2016 sale where it realized $2,820.  Two years later Heritage offered it with a perfunctory description.  It sold for a disappointing $2,280.  Current Greysheet pricing suggests $3,000 while PCGS optimistically proposes $6,000!  Pretty coins bring pretty prices – especially early-date bust halves.  

Estimate: $2,200 to $3,000

Sheridan Downey, Numismatist
4400 Keller Ave., Suite 140, PMB 398
Oakland, California 94605
sdowney3@aol.com
(510) 479-1585