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ANA Signature US Coin Sale 1258 2-6 Aug 2017
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1831 25C Small Letters, B-1, R.3, MS66 PCGS. Tompkins Die Stage 1/2. A cracks runs from the 2 through the leaves and UNITED STATES. The arrow heads are broad, and the period after the C is taller rather than wide. The 1831 Small Letters quarter represents the first Capped Bust emission with a reduced diameter and without the motto above the eagle. Reverse A employs the Small Letters of the previous type and is the only die with two small berries on the olive branch. The letters were later enlarged and the berries removed by Chief Engraver William Kneass.
Frosty luster shines through a delicate layer of original peach-gold and lavender toning that leaves an area of brilliance at the lower obverse and reverse. Every element of the design is strongly raised, and the sole blemish is a tick above in the field above the bust. The quality of this Small Letters 1831 quarter is truly unsurpassed. According to Steve Tompkins' Condition Census, it is tied with two other coins for finest known of this variety, including the Pogue coin. Population: 2 in 66, 0 finer (6/17).
Ex: Classics Sale (American Numismatic Rarities, 1/2004), lot 1490; Milwaukee Rarities Sale (Bowers and Merena, 8/2007), lot 594.
HID02901242017
1831 25C Small Letters, B-1, R.3, MS66 PCGS. Tompkins Die Stage 1/2. A cracks runs from the 2 through the leaves and UNITED STATES. The arrow heads are broad, and the period after the C is taller rather than wide. The 1831 Small Letters quarter represents the first Capped Bust emission with a reduced diameter and without the motto above the eagle. Reverse A employs the Small Letters of the previous type and is the only die with two small berries on the olive branch. The letters were later enlarged and the berries removed by Chief Engraver William Kneass.
Frosty luster shines through a delicate layer of original peach-gold and lavender toning that leaves an area of brilliance at the lower obverse and reverse. Every element of the design is strongly raised, and the sole blemish is a tick above in the field above the bust. The quality of this Small Letters 1831 quarter is truly unsurpassed. According to Steve Tompkins' Condition Census, it is tied with two other coins for finest known of this variety, including the Pogue coin. Population: 2 in 66, 0 finer (6/17).
Ex: Classics Sale (American Numismatic Rarities, 1/2004), lot 1490; Milwaukee Rarities Sale (Bowers and Merena, 8/2007), lot 594.
HID02901242017