Image courtesy of David Akers/Paramount
PCGS MS64
- PCGS #:
- 8138
- Designer:
- Robert Scot & John Reich
- Edge:
- Reeded
- Diameter:
- 25.00 millimeters
- Weight:
- 8.75 grams
- Mintage:
- N/A
- Mint:
- Philadelphia
- Metal:
- 91.7% Gold, 8.3% Copper
- Auction Record:
- $632,500 • MS64 • 01-03-2012 • Heritage Auctions
Rarity and Survival Estimates Learn More
| Survival Estimate | |
|---|---|
| All Grades | 2 |
| 60 or Better | 2 |
| 65 or Better | |
| Numismatic Rarity | |
|---|---|
| All Grades | R-9.9 |
| 60 or Better | R-9.9 |
| 65 or Better | R-10.1 |
| Relative Rarity By Type All Specs in this Type | |
|---|---|
| All Grades | 1 / 22 TIE |
| 60 or Better | 2 / 22 TIE |
| 65 or Better | 1 / 22 |
| Relative Rarity By Series All Specs in this Series | |
|---|---|
| All Grades | 1 / 42 TIE |
| 60 or Better | 4 / 42 TIE |
| 65 or Better | 1 / 42 |
Condition Census What Is This?
#1 MS63 PCGS grade
Possibly George Seavey - Lorin G. Parmelee Collection - New York Coin & Stamp 6/1890:978 - H.P. Smith Collection - S.H. & H. Chapman 5/1906:216 - John Clapp Collection, sold intact in 1942 - Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection - Bowers & Ruddy 10/1982:385, $44,000 |
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#1 MS63 estimated grade
Byron Reed Collection - Western Heritage Museum - Spink America & Christie's 10/1996:117, $159,500 - Dr. Juan XII Suros Collection - Superior 2/1999:247, $184,000 - Harvey Jacobson, Jr. Collection - Heritage 1/2012:4680, $632,500 |
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#3 MS63 PCGS grade
Plate coin in Bass-Dannreuther for the BD-1 (1828/7 Reverse of 1826) variety
Waldo C. Newcomer Collection - Col. E.H.R. Green - King Farouk of Egypt - Sotheby's "Palace Collection" 2/1954:244 - Dr. Clifford Smith Collection - Stack's 5/1955:1690 - Stack's 8/1976:2944 - R.E. "Ted" Naftzger, Jr. Collection - Paramount FPL - Paramount “Auction ‘82” 8/1982:1932 - Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection - Harry W. Bass, Jr. Research Foundation
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#3 MS62 estimated grade
BD-2 Unique
Col. James W. Flanagan, purchased from Stack's in January 1940 for $845 - Stack's 3/1944:1103 - J.F. Bell Collection - Stack's 12/1944:349 - Dupont Collection - Farish Baldenhofer Collection - Stack's 11/1955:1245 - Stack's 5/1958:1235 - Samuel W. Wolfson Collection - Stack's 10/1962:371 - John Murrell - Paramount “Auction ‘80” 8/1980:927 - David Akers “Auction ‘88” 7/1988:903 - Bowers & Merena 6/1989:377 - Michael Keston Collection - Superior 1/1996:118, $137,500 - Dr. Richard Ariagno Collection - Goldbergs 5/31/1999:719, $159,500
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#5 AU55 estimated grade
Mathew Stickney Collection - Henry Chapman 6/1907:670 - Virgil Brand Collection - J.C. Morgenthau 10/1933:222 - possibly Louis Eliasberg, who sold duplicates under the pseudonym “H.R. Lee” - Stack's 10/1947:1247 - Clifford T. Weihman - Josiah K. Lilly Collection - National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution |
1. NGC MS64. Waldo Newcomer (Inventory No. 116) - Col. E.H.R. Green - Flanagan 1944 - Lee 1947 - Farouk 1954 - Smith 1955 - ANA 1976 - Ted Naftzger - Dr. Juan Suros Collection - Superior 2/1999:247, $184,000
2. NGC MS63. Bell 1944 - Baldenhofer 1955 - Wolfson 1962 - Auction '80:927 - Michael Keston Collection - Superior 1996:118 -Goldbergs 5/1999:719, $159,500
3. Harlan P. Smith Collection - Chapman Borthers 5/1906 - John C. Clapp Collection - Louis Eliasberg - Bowers & Ruddy 1982 - Stan Kesselman
4. Byron Reed - Spink
5. Josiah Lilly Collection - National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution
Breen (1988) has the Lilly coin coming from the Lee Collection
All known specimens are more or less uncirculated. The VF listing for the Farouk Sale is for the same coin that later appeared in the Clifford Smith Sale and the 1976 ANA Sale as uncirculated. (See 1827 for my comments on the Farouk Sale "cataloguing".) This overdate is a great rarity, every bit as rare, if not more so, than the famous 1815. At most 10-12 specimens are known today. There is also one specimen called "proof" in the famous Louis Eliasberg Collection.