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1834 25C B-4, R.1, MS66 NGC. Tompkins Die State 1/3. The left edge of the curl is over the left side of the 4. The eagle has no tongue, and the second T in STATES is low. Extensive die cracks encircle portions of the reverse periphery, although the obverse is devoid of cracks in this middle die stage. The obverse die was also used for marriages and remarriages of different reverse dies to create the 1834 B-3 and 1834 B-5 varieties, and specialists can track the progress of the various die cracks known via those matings.
This richly toned Premium Gem shows a profusion of silver, gold, violet, and mauve. Lavender shades tinged with jade further enliven the lustrous surfaces that are extremely well-preserved and equally well-struck. A loupe is needed to observe tiny ticks on Liberty's cheek, but the top-notch strike and superb eye appeal more than compensate. This is the sole finest Browning-4 identified in the NGC Census (10/17).
Ex: Purchased by Haig A. Koshkarian from Legend Numismatics (6/1997); Koshkarian Collection (American Numismatic Rarities, 3/2004) lot 63; Eugene H. Gardner Collection, Part IV (Heritage, 10/2015), lot 98404.
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1834 25C B-4, R.1, MS66 NGC. Tompkins Die State 1/3. The left edge of the curl is over the left side of the 4. The eagle has no tongue, and the second T in STATES is low. Extensive die cracks encircle portions of the reverse periphery, although the obverse is devoid of cracks in this middle die stage. The obverse die was also used for marriages and remarriages of different reverse dies to create the 1834 B-3 and 1834 B-5 varieties, and specialists can track the progress of the various die cracks known via those matings.
This richly toned Premium Gem shows a profusion of silver, gold, violet, and mauve. Lavender shades tinged with jade further enliven the lustrous surfaces that are extremely well-preserved and equally well-struck. A loupe is needed to observe tiny ticks on Liberty's cheek, but the top-notch strike and superb eye appeal more than compensate. This is the sole finest Browning-4 identified in the NGC Census (10/17).
Ex: Purchased by Haig A. Koshkarian from Legend Numismatics (6/1997); Koshkarian Collection (American Numismatic Rarities, 3/2004) lot 63; Eugene H. Gardner Collection, Part IV (Heritage, 10/2015), lot 98404.
HID02901242017