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A third BG-207, High Rarity 5, Rare. Plate Coin

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 1,000.00 USD
A third BG-207, High Rarity 5, Rare. Plate Coin
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Holabird-Kagin Americana Office
3555 Airway Drive Suite#309
Reno, NV 89511
Thursday April 11, 10am-6pm
* Preview also available by appointment

Live Auction
Friday & Saturday
April 12-13, 2012
9am PDT starting time, both days

Location
Atlantis Casino & Resort
Grand Ballroom #4
3800 S. Virginia Street
Reno, NV 89502

Lot Pick Up
Holabird-Kagin Americana Office
3555 Airway Drive Suite #309
Reno, NV 89511
Sunday April 14th, 10am-1pm

1853 (Since 1979, this coin has resided in only two collections!) Plate Coin, second edition, Breen-Gillio, California Pioneer Fractional Gold. Deep indigo and gunmetal blue toning on obverse with golden highlights, attractive patches of rose and blue toning on reverse, which is probably why it was chosen for the plate coin for the reference catalog even though an MS65 exists. PCGS AU58. Ex Bowers and Merena Jay Roe 9/14/2003, Lot 20, Ex Jay Roe Collection, Ex Stack’s Coin Galleries sale June 1979, Lot 1903. This coin is one of only a few that came back the same grade as sold previously. Serial# 60012899 Totheroh Collection HKA#63345