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1805 25C MS64 PCGS. B-3, R.1. Die State V. This lovely 1805[25C] MS64 PCGS.

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1805 25C MS64 PCGS. B-3, R.1. Die State V. This lovely 1805[25C] MS64 PCGS.
<B>1805<25C> MS64 PCGS.</B></I> B-3, R.1. Die State V. This lovely near-Gem is sure to elicit strong bids from high grade type collectors and advanced specialists alike. The striking quality is superlative, with nearly all of Liberty's hair strands and the eagle's breast and wing feathers delineated. The obverse stars are relatively strong, but some of the reverse ones are weak, as are portions of the eagle's tail feathers. The design elements are generally well centered, and nearly all of the dentilation shows, which is slightly more bold on the reverse. The bold clashmarks (as struck) and peripheral die cracks (also as produced) that are diagnostic of Die State V are readily evident on both sides, most without a loupe. No adjustment marks are evident. A few inconsequential contact marks on Liberty's cheek and neck and in the lower left (facing) obverse field are all that seem to keep this coin from a higher grade, but the full, satin textured luster would easily support a Gem designation. Warm orange-tan peripheral iridescence frames silver-gray centers. This coin is identical in grade to the finest 1805 B-3 Quarter listed in Walter Breen's 1992 update of A. W. Browning's book <I>The Early Quarter Dollars of the United States: 1796-1838.</B></I> Combined PCGS and NGC population for all die marriages of this issue is seven coins in MS64 and three finer (11/05).<BR><I>Ex: Superior 2/93, lot 434, where it realized $22,550.</B></I><BR><I>From The JFS Collection, Part Three.</B></I>