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1471- 1839-C $2.50 Classic Head NGC MS60

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:12,500.00 USD Estimated At:25,000.00 - 27,500.00 USD
1471- 1839-C $2.50 Classic Head NGC MS60
<Our item number 114981><B>1839-C &#36;2.50 Classic Head. NGC graded MS-60.</B> Unusually well struck and problem-free. Attractive natural greenish-golden color. The mintmarked issues of the last year of this design, 1839-C, 1839-D, and 1839-O, are all scarce, with the typically encountered grade being VF or, occasionally, EF. Any coin in Mint State is a major rarity. At the time, the numismatic community -- consisting of no more than a couple hundred widely scattered scholars -- took no note of mintmarks, and not even the Mint Cabinet saved specimens of the 1839-C. This is a frosty example in MS60 condition. Muted luster spins evenly beneath pleasant toning and frosted highlights. Nicely struck at the hair curls and on the eagle and shield, with just a modicum of weakness at the stars. <B>Pop 2; 12 finer, 9 in 61, 2 in 62, 1 in 63</B> <B>&#40;PCGS # 7699&#41;</B>. <BR><BR>Rather than being an overdate, this is better described as a repunched date, in our opinion. On the present piece a tiny line or crack con nects the upper and lower parts of the right side of the C mintmark.<BR><BR>Identification of three die varieties for 1839-C:<BR><BR>A: Mintmark over left half of digit 3. Tip of branch stem over right upright of D. Usually cracked, neck to right wing.<BR><BR>B: Mintmark over left half of digit 3. Tip of branch stem over left edge of D. Usually cracked through E of STATES.<BR><BR>C: Mintmark over space between 83. Usually cracked, left shield tip to beak. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;25,000-27,500. <BR><BR>Our item number 114981<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/41jpegs/114981.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/41jpegs/114981N2.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>