LOT Heritage Rare Coin Galleries  /  2006 October Dallas Signature Coin Auction #428  / 

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1865-S $20 MS65 PCGS. Ex: S.S. Brother Jonathan. In ad

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:1.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1865-S $20 MS65 PCGS. Ex: S.S. Brother Jonathan. In ad
<B>1865-S<$20> MS65 PCGS.</B></I> Ex: <I>S.S. Brother Jonathan.</B></I> In addition to the allure of the sunken-treasure pedigree, the coins recovered from the <I>Brother Jonathan</B></I> include many pieces in otherwise unattainable condition. To take this issue as just one example, PCGS has certified 20 pieces in 65, with 2 finer (8/06). Both of the finer pieces, which were both graded MS66, were offered in the May 1999 Bowers and Merena sale of coins from the shipwreck, as were 14 of the Gems. Even before the possibility of resubmission is raised, the rarity of Gem examples is clear.<BR> The surfaces of this piece are mostly peach-gold with frosty luster. The center of the reverse takes on an orange hue with thin streaks of red that run to 3 o'clock. Some softness of strike is noted on the hair above the ear and on the right (facing) ribbon near the eagle, and solitary isolated abrasions are noted on Liberty's face and in the field to the left of the nose, but the surfaces are free of other significant defects. A magnificent and tangible piece of American history.<BR><I>From The Hamburg-Sonoma Collection.</B></I>
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