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Item: 1902 $20 Blue Seal - Palestine, IL Charter #8892 - VF

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7/18/2025 - Saint Charles Convention Center
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Lot #406 - 1854-D Large D PCGS XF-45
Gold $5-Liberty Head Half Eagle
As always for the date, blunt details govern the appearance for this familiar Dahlonega emission. Decent luster persists and better yet, the surface seems unusually free from the larger abrasions that typically affect gold from this southern mint.

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11/1/2024 - Saint Charles Convention Center
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Lot #428 - 1857 PCGS MS-64+ TOP POP
Hammer: $20,500
Gold $5-Liberty Head Half Eagle
2 graded MS-64+, zero higher at PCGS, thus placing claims as the "finest known" 1857 five-dollar gold piece. NGC has never graded one above MS-63+, affirming the extreme rarity of choice and better examples. That so few survive seems surprising given a not-so-high but reasonable mintage of 98-thousand coins.

Tilting the coin back and forth beneath good lighting reveals exactly the kind of gleaming, satin-textured flowline effect one expects as the mint had ample experience striking superior half-eagles by 1857. One copper spot clings to the first start and a tiny carbon dot randomly flings into the obverse right field. A loupe also detects a one tiny hairline at the upper chin, with this trio of characteristics perhaps conspiring to limit full gem potential. The reverse seems particularly free from any mentionable defects while the entire presentation takes full advantage of an exceptional strike.

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Lot #103 - 14K Yellow Gold Cameo Necklace
Hammer: $1,950
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A custom designed cameo necklace with a vintage shell cameo depicting an allegorical scene measuring 62x43mm in good condition with small round diamond accents weighing approximately 1.50 cttw, SI2 clarity, H-I color. The cameo hangs from a 6mm woven link chain with a lobster clasp. Length 17” + 3” cameo, 35.2 dwt.