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1843-C $2.50 Liberty. Sm Date, Crosslet 4 NGC MS6

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:12,000.00 USD Estimated At:24,000.00 - 28,000.00 USD
1843-C $2.50 Liberty. Sm Date, Crosslet 4 NGC MS6
<Our item number 132711><B>1843-C &#36;2.50 Liberty. Small date, crosslet 4. NGC graded MS-61.</B> Encased in NGC holder 1874139-006. Untoned with some mint luster still visable. Above average strike for this key variety and date. Low mintage of 2,988 struck. A splendid specimen of one of the more elusive and also most distinctive quarter eagles in the Liberty series. There is a noticeable die bulge at the point of the bust of Miss Liberty, as struck, as always seen, and no doubt this bulge was responsible for the early demise and replacement of this die, seemingly after only 2,988 were struck. So rare is this issue that the Harry Bass sale offered only an AU58 example.<BR><BR>On this variety, the date in small numerals, all in the same size font. The logotype was punched into the die quite high, about three times closer to the neck truncation than to the dentils. The aforementioned bulge is very distinct, and likely was caused during die preparation. Walter Breen writes that the 1843-C Small Date, Crosslet 4 quarter eagles were delivered on April 28, 1843, struck from a pair of dies shipped from Philadelphia on December 23, 1842. The small date numerals are consistent with those used 1840-1842. <B> Pop 3; 2 finer in 62</B> <B>&#40;PCGS # 7729&#41;</B>. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;24,000 - 28,000. <BR><BR>Our item number 132711<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/47jpegs/132711.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/47jpegs/132711N2.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/47jpegs/132711N3.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/47jpegs/132711N4.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>