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1912 Saint Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS65+

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Just 2 Graded Higher

The 1912 Saint-Gaudens double eagle claims a smallish mintage of 149,750 coins. Its certified population totals in MS62 and MS63 are relatively pedestrian — about a couple thousand each — but the issue becomes more challenging in MS64, scarce in MS65, and rare in MS66 or better. What also stands out about the 1912 is its status as the only issue for the year. There are no branch mint coins to supplement the population of Philadelphia representatives.

The NGC population is only 4 with 2 graded higher.

Listed at $38,500 in the NGC price guide.

Offered at $28,250

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1893-CC Liberty Eagle NGC AU58

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Scarce

The Carson City Mint struck a small production of 14,000 Liberty eagles in 1893, the last year of coinage operations at the famous Western facility. The coins were released into circulation and few high-quality examples were saved for numismatic purposes. As might be expected, the 1893-CC is an elusive issue in all grades today, with most examples seen in the VF-XF grade range. AU58 examples are scarce and Mint State specimens are very rare.

The NGC population is 59 with 21 graded higher.

Listed at $16,800 in the CDN CPG and $20,000 in the NGC price guide.

Offered at $14,690

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1860-O Seated Liberty Dollar NGC MS65

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Only 3 Graded Higher

A mintage of 515,000 silver dollars was achieved at the New Orleans Mint in 1860, most of which was earmarked for export. Some of the mintage was placed into circulation and any remaining dollars were delivered into storage. No one knows exactly how many coins were released from the Treasury during the 1962-1964 distribution, but David Bowers claims to never have seen an MS64 or MS65 example from the Treasury hoard. Most coins were low-grade Uncirculated examples — roughly handled during repeated shuffling and counting while stored, and heavily bagmarked as a result. Bruce Amspacher called the 1860-O date a “Quaker Oats dollar” because it looked like it was shot from guns. Relatively common in low Mint State grades, the 1860-O issue joins all other Seated Liberty dollars as rare in Gem condition and extremely rare any finer.

The NGC population is only 8 with 3 graded higher.

Listed at $37,200 in the CDN CPG and $30,000 in the NGC price guide.

Offered at $22,600

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1924-S 25c Standing Liberty Quarter NGC MS66 FH

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Strike definition posed a serious problem for San Francisco Mint officials responsible for the production of these Standing Liberty quarters, as it did for all issues between 1923 and 1930. The 1924-S is actually the softest among those strike rarities. J.H. Cline estimated that 75 to 80 Gems survive with Full Head definition.

Luminous surfaces exhibit thick mint frost, while each side is free of any  major abrasions. Only a few faint high-point grazes on Liberty’s leg and in the left reverse field are worthy of mention. The strike is sharp, with Liberty’s head fully brought up and the shield rivets nearly so.

The NGC population is 9 with 5 graded higher.

Listed at $30,000 in the CDN CPG and $27,500 in the NGC price guide.

Offered at $19,775

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1925-S Mercury Dime NGC MS67+ FB

The 1925-S is considered the most poorly made date in the Mercury dime series. David Lange writes in his Mercury Dimes  reference that both obverse and reverse are plagued by heavy die polishing and erosion and a generally weak strike throughout, especially the reverse periphery. Red and gold toning fills the borders, with the fields and devices remaining mostly brilliant. The strike is fully defined, both at the centers and across the peripheries. No notable distractions are apparent on this superb example.

This is the only MS67+ to have been graded by NGC with none higher.

Listed in MS67 (not 67+) FB at $27,600 in the CDN CPG and $26,500 in the NGC price guide.

Offered at $14,690

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1913-D Saint Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS66

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Only 1 Graded Higher (by a +)

The 1913-D twenty dollar is another well-produced issue from early in the series, one that generally shows excellent luster over sharply struck surfaces. Denver Mint coins of this era generally have those criteria in common; however, Denver and the other branch mints skipped striking double eagles in 1912, so that the 1911-D and 1910-D issues are the D-mint products immediately preceding the 1913-D. Only 393,500 examples of the 1913-D were reportedly struck, yet today examples below the Gem grade are fairly obtainable. Many of the earlier Saint-Gaudens issues such as the 1913-D avoided the mass meltings that many later dates saw by being exported to Europe or Latin America, only to be repatriated over the ensuing decades.

The one offered here exhibits attractive orange-gold color.

The NGC population is 12 with 1 (MS66+) example graded higher.

Listed at $50,400 in the CDN CPG and $42,500 in the NGC price guide.

Offered at $38,800

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1908-S Saint Gaudens Double Eagle NGC MS62

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Lowest-Mintage With Motto Saint

The limited mintage amounts to only 22,000 coins, making the 1908-S the lowest-mintage With Motto Saint-Gaudens twenty. The San Francisco Mint did not solve all the production problems striking the new design, and double eagle production was suspended during the year. The coins would not “stack,” meaning a pile of ten or twenty coins was of different height than those of Liberty Head double eagles, confusing bank employees. High-grade coins are scarce-to-rare in accordance with the low mintage.

The NGC population is 51 with (coincidentally) 51 graded higher.

Listed at $18,600 in the CDN CPG and $21,500 in the NGC price guide.

Offered at $18,565

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1908-D Indian Half Eagle NGC MS65

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Tied for Highest Graded

The 1908-D has a relatively low mintage of 148,000 pieces. Nonetheless, enough examples have returned from overseas bank vaults to allow collectors of the series to select a Mint State representative. The issue becomes scarce in Choice condition, and Gems are very rare.

The NGC population is only 7 with none graded higher.

Listed at $27,350 in the CDN CPG and $27,500 in the NGC price guide.

Offered at $19,690

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1937-D Three-Legged Buffalo Nickel NGC MS65

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Buffalo nickel coinage at Denver in 1937 totaled more than 17.8 million coins. Although this mintage paled in comparison to the 79 million coins struck at Philadelphia, Denver produced its coinage with die pairs that were often stretched past their normal life span. One such die was became so heavily eroded that it was aggressively lapped to remove metal flowlines. The lapping mostly effaced the bison’s forward right leg, creating what is now known as the 1937-D Three-Legged nickel. The variety is one of the key acquisitions for collectors of the Guide Book series, surpassed in scarcity only by the 1916 doubled die and 1918/7-S overdate.

The NGC population is 57 with 29 graded higher.

Listed at $25,900 in the CDN CPG and $24,500 in the NGC price guide.

Offered at $20,250

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1888 Seated Liberty Quarter NGC MS68

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Tied for Highest Graded

Only 10,000 business strike 1888 quarters were coined, and examples are seldom seen, though they are usually frosty and lustrous when they are encountered. Most pieces are found in or near Mint State grades, although almost never like the present specimen. This is a Superb Gem with ivory color at the center of the obverse, surrounded by russet, sea-green, and gold toning. The reverse is similar, with mostly rose color at the centers, framed by teal and gold. The pattern of toning is reminiscent of pieces from old time collections.

The NGC population is only 5 with none graded higher.

Listed at $17,750 in the NGC price guide.

Offered at $11,850

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