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1842 S$1 MS64 PCGS. When collectors and numismatists g 1842[S$1] MS64 PCGS.

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1842 S$1 MS64 PCGS. When collectors and numismatists g 1842[S$1] MS64 PCGS.
<B>1842<S$1> MS64 PCGS.</B></I> When collectors and numismatists gather around to discuss rarities in the Seated Liberty dollar series, the 1842 issue is seldom mentioned, although it should be for examples are seldom seen in Mint State grades, especially approaching Near-Gem quality. In almost two decades of coin certification, PCGS has still only graded 19 examples of this date in MS64, and none finer, and that total certainly includes several resubmissions of the same coins. In his 1993 <I>Silver Dollar Encyclopedia,</B></I> Dave Bowers estimated the total Mint State population to be in the range of 75 to 125 coins, in all Mint State grades. Given current certification data, this estimate seems quite reasonable. In circulated grades, this issue is plentiful, given the original mintage of 184,618 coins, the largest mintage prior to 1859. This quality representative is virtually untoned with radiantly lustrous surfaces. Actually, there are not many distracting blemishes to begin with, and the strike, if not complete, is uncommonly sharp for the type. A very pleasing specimen overall.