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CICF Signature Sale 3046 14-15 April 2016
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Republic gold 1/2 Escudo 1854-JB MS64 NGC, San Jose mint, KM97. A superb coin, with sharply struck details, full mint bloom and some trivial surface handling marks likely preventing the Gem designation. The single finest certified example of the type at either major third party grading service, conditionally very rare in this select preservation and thus a must for the quality-seeking collector of this series. The cataloger notes the lesser MS62 NGC Ex. Lissner example of this same date hammering for $2,750 in 2014 (CNG 8/2014, lot 1546). Ex. Norweb Collection (Christie's Dallas 5/1985, lot 502).From the Pura Vida Collection, Part II
Estimate: 2000-2500 USD
Republic gold 1/2 Escudo 1854-JB MS64 NGC, San Jose mint, KM97. A superb coin, with sharply struck details, full mint bloom and some trivial surface handling marks likely preventing the Gem designation. The single finest certified example of the type at either major third party grading service, conditionally very rare in this select preservation and thus a must for the quality-seeking collector of this series. The cataloger notes the lesser MS62 NGC Ex. Lissner example of this same date hammering for $2,750 in 2014 (CNG 8/2014, lot 1546). Ex. Norweb Collection (Christie's Dallas 5/1985, lot 502).From the Pura Vida Collection, Part II
Estimate: 2000-2500 USD