Q. David Bowers
Heifetz Specimen. MS-63 .• Superior, Jascha Heifetz Collection, 1989: 2405. "MS-63. Full mint lustre and superb seagreen and light silver toning. Fully struck. Fields are very clean with marks hidden On the devices. A minute planchet mark between stripes of shield."
Boyd, Brand and Ryder Collections Specimen. MS-63 • Bowers and Merena Galleries, 1990: 2463. "MS-63. Nicely centered and sharply struck. The fields are smooth and satiny, toned in vivid hues of gold, sea green and violet."
Willasch Specimen. MS-63. • Superior Galleries, H. Roland Willasch Collection, 1990: 591. "MS-63. Extra bold detail on Liberty's hair curls and drapery folds, equally sharp eagle. small defect above eagle's beak, and two tiny rim marks. Smooth mint lustre."
May Sale Specimen. MS-63 (PCGS) .• Superior Galleries, 1991: 952. "MS-63 (PCGS). Deep original toning in shades of golden red and blue, along with 'old silver' gray. Cascading lustre present when the coin is swirled in a counterclockwise motion under a light."
Starr Specimen. MS-63 New Netherlands Coin Co., November 1956, private sale to Floyd Starr. • Stack's, Floyd Starr Estate Sale, 1992: 578. "Close, normal date. Choice Brilliant Unc. Bright silver gray, with outstanding purple, blue, green, and rose iridescence. Some obverse stars soft in their centers. Softly struck in upper right of horizontal shield stripes where some foreign matter had adhered to the die. Full borders of denticles. Perfect edge inscription."
Shore Specimen. MS-62 (PCGS) .• Superior, A. Bernard Shore Collection, 1988: 2227. "MS-62 (PCGS). Quite well struck and fully lustrous with some light toning in the obverse field. There are a few trivial marks on the obverse; the reverse is extremely choice."
Brown University Specimen. MS-60+ . Pine Tree, Brown University Collection, 1976: 317. "Brilliant Unc., frosty, sharply struck, light bag marks mostly on obverse. Sharper strike than Herstal:559 or other offered in recent years."
1952 ANA Specimen. MS-60 .• New Netherlands 38th Sale, ANA Convention Sale, 1952: 1282. "Unc. Bright, frosty surface shows only traces of toning and tarnish. Bust displays evidence of contact with other coins, being lightly nicked in one or two spots."
Davis Specimen. MS-60 .• Stack's, Davis-Graves Qames Davis) Collection, 1954: 1328. "Sharp, bluish gold, Unc. Shows no wear but a slight nick on forehead."
Holmes Specimen. MS-60 .• Stack's, Milton A. Holmes Collection, 1960: 2263. "Brilliant Unc., full mint bloom, superb iridescent toning."
Newcomer Specimen. M8-60 .• Waldo C. Newcomer Collection .• B. Max Mehl. • Col. E.H.R. Green Collection .• James G. Macallister. • New Netherlands 48th Sale, T.James Clarke Collection, 1956: 650. "Unc, Both sides well struck, the obverse extra nice. Cabinet friction on eagle's head, breast and wing tops. Black carbon streaks in planchet before striking."
Herstal Specimen. MS-60 .• Bowers and Ruddy Galleries, Stanislaw Herstal Collection, 1974: 559. "Unc., beautiful pale gray toning, sharply struck, well centered, free of adjustment marks or planchet defects."
Cornell University Specimen. MS-60 .• Stack's, Cornell University Collection, 1975: 912. "Unc., deeply toned with blue iridescence. Darker at the periphery. A lovely coin with a faintly porous surface."
Robison Specimen. MS-60 .• Stack's, Ellis H. Robison Collection, 1982: 1883. "Unc., gently mottled golden and iridescent toning. A nicely struck specimen, with just microscopic signs of friction."
Carter Specimen. MS-60 .• Stack's, Arnon Carter, Jr. Collection, 1984: 234. "Brilliant Vnc. and a pristine example. A small 'keg mark' on the chin but really 'as struck.' Full blazing mint lustre with satiny iridescence. Perfectly struck where all of the stars on the obverse and virtually all on the reverse have their radial lines."
Generales Specimen. MS-60 .• Stack's, Generales Collection;1984: 1255. "Brilliant Unc, Full frosty lustre with the slightest touchof friction on the cheek. Surfaces are immaculate. Pink, russet and light iridescent toning."
Long Beach Specimen. MS-60 .• Kagin's, February 1985: 1263. "MS-60/60. Sharp strike, intricate hair detail and breast feathers. Lustre has. assumed an amber glow beneath pre-dominantly blue toning acquired delicately over nearly two centuries of undisturbed aging. The centering is perfect; the planchet is uncracked."
Bartle Specimen. MS-60 •• Stack's, Primary Bartle Collection, 1985: 221. "Choice Brilliant Unc, Dipped Some time ago. A few tiny keg marks."
Auction '87 Specimen .MS-60 •• Stack's, 1987: 780. "Brilliant Unc., satiny surface. Light bagmarking on the bust and a reverse streak (mint made)."
Rarcoa Auction '83 Specimen. MS-60. • Rarcoa, Auction'83 .• Bowers and Merena Galleries, AUbrey and Adelhte Bebee Collection, 1987: 2562, MS-60 or better. "Choice Unc., fully lustrous fields overlaid by just a whisper of light toning."
Stack Specimen. MS-60: • Stack's, James A. Stack Collection, 1990: 403. "Brilliant Unc., frosty lustre. Dipped but really not to its detriment as it emphasizes lustre, strike and centering." . Auction '90: 259. (Preceding description repeated.)
Kuntz Specimen. MS-60 •• Superior Galleries, G. Lee Kuntz Collection. Sale, 1991: 2631. "MS-60. Glowing lustre surrounds devices and is toned down only by light gold color with some blue highlights."
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION:
Approximate population MS-65 or better: 0 or 1 (URS-1)
Approximate population MS-64: 0 or 1 (URS-0)
Approximate population MS-63: 8 to 15 (URS-4)
Approximate population MS-60 to 62: 10 to 20 (URS-5)
Approximate population AU-50 to 58: 100 to 200 (URS-8)
Approximate population VF-20 to EF-45: 1,100 to 2,000 (URS-12)
Approximate population G-4 to F-15: 300 to 500 (URS-10)
Approximate population for all grades combined: 1,500 to 2,750 (URS-12)
CONDITION CENSUS: 63 (multiples)