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NYINC Signature Sale 3061 7-8 Jan 2018
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Victoria Proof 4 Pence (Groat) 1839 PR64 Deep Cameo PCGS KM731.2, S-3913. Plain Edge/Medal Rotation. Though the price guide in the SCBC lists the medal rotation as being less valuable than the coin rotation variety, based on our own sales records, the opposite would seem to be the case. In other words, of the 7 examples of proof 1839 groats that Heritage has sold in the last 15 years, 6 of them have been coin rotation; just one has been a medal rotation variety. Though merely anecdotal, this does suggest that the price guide in SCBC is inaccurate, or at least misleading. Not only is this an apparently scarce variety, but the boldly frosted devices and deeply mirrored fields gives this piece further appeal.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD
Victoria Proof 4 Pence (Groat) 1839 PR64 Deep Cameo PCGS KM731.2, S-3913. Plain Edge/Medal Rotation. Though the price guide in the SCBC lists the medal rotation as being less valuable than the coin rotation variety, based on our own sales records, the opposite would seem to be the case. In other words, of the 7 examples of proof 1839 groats that Heritage has sold in the last 15 years, 6 of them have been coin rotation; just one has been a medal rotation variety. Though merely anecdotal, this does suggest that the price guide in SCBC is inaccurate, or at least misleading. Not only is this an apparently scarce variety, but the boldly frosted devices and deeply mirrored fields gives this piece further appeal.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD