Mail Bid Auction 57

Auction ended on January 5, 2024

Lot Number 75

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1819 -  O.108 R.3 PCGS AU 58+ CAC

If you are familiar with the “look” of Louis Eliasberg’s bust halves you would swear this was among them.  Not so.  But it did grace the collection of Tom Sears, whose PCGS Everyman Registry Set was #1 before he broke up the collection.  Luster spins beneath a crust of ancient silver-grey toning.  You’ll have to tell me where the friction lies.  The coin could easily grade MS 62 on another go-around at PCGS.

Estimate: $2,500 to $3,500

Sheridan Downey, Numismatist
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