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Dallas Signature US Coin Sale 1265 7-8 Dec 2017
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1865 50C WB-101 MS67 NGC. CAC. When we first saw this lustrous and attractive half dollar, we were shipping it off to Gene Gardner, who was the successful buyer in our auction at the 2005 FUN show. We wrote then: "The finest 1865 we have ever offered and currently the finest certified by either major service." The statement remains virtually as true today as it was then, more than 12 years ago, although now PCGS lists a single numerically equal piece (10/17). Both sides exhibit needle-sharp definition over the major design elements and are endowed with shimmering silver luster beneath a sparse coating of mottled golden and lilac toning. A few wispy field marks -- clustered between Liberty's arm and star 5 -- are scarcely visible without the aid of magnification. An issue that shows up with very little frequency in Premium Gem condition, and almost never in this Superb Gem grade.
Ex: FUN Signature (Heritage, 1/2005), lot 30218; Eugene H. Gardner Collection, Part III (Heritage, 5/2015), lot 98481.
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1865 50C WB-101 MS67 NGC. CAC. When we first saw this lustrous and attractive half dollar, we were shipping it off to Gene Gardner, who was the successful buyer in our auction at the 2005 FUN show. We wrote then: "The finest 1865 we have ever offered and currently the finest certified by either major service." The statement remains virtually as true today as it was then, more than 12 years ago, although now PCGS lists a single numerically equal piece (10/17). Both sides exhibit needle-sharp definition over the major design elements and are endowed with shimmering silver luster beneath a sparse coating of mottled golden and lilac toning. A few wispy field marks -- clustered between Liberty's arm and star 5 -- are scarcely visible without the aid of magnification. An issue that shows up with very little frequency in Premium Gem condition, and almost never in this Superb Gem grade.
Ex: FUN Signature (Heritage, 1/2005), lot 30218; Eugene H. Gardner Collection, Part III (Heritage, 5/2015), lot 98481.
HID02901242017