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Item: 1881 Gold $5 PCGS, MS-64

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Category: Coins > $5.00 Gold > Liberty Head

PCGS:

PCGS: 008354

Cert:

Cert: 41722344

Price:

Price: $1,020

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The Midwest Summer Sale 2025 View Lots
7/18/2025 - Saint Charles Convention Center
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Lot #348 - 1904 PCGS PR-67CAM
Gold $2.50-Liberty Head Quarter Eagle
3 graded PR-67 CAM, 1 higher at PCGS. Between them, PCGS and NGC have managed fewer than fifteen aggregate UCAM/DCAM events in any grade, speaking to the difficulty of locating a specimen with superior contrast. This is partly due to a lack of special effort on the part of the mint to create high-contrast proof dies after the turn of the century. Nevertheless, this coin boasts exceptionally reflective fields on the obverse -- not quite UCAM but close -- and very good mirrors on the reverse. Contrast is thereby enhanced, but truthfully, the frosted-matte texture on the devices is also not strong enough to yield the kind of contrast that a UCAM designation demands.

Technically, the coin appears virtually flawless under 8x magnification, with fields that are as bright and pristine as possible and showing an absolute absence of hairlines. A single, tiny, sintered dot floats in space beneath the hair bun, just right of the smallest imaginable comma-shaped abrasion, and together, these could provide a pedigree marker for future collectors. A lintmark also occupies one point of the eleventh star.

The Collectors' Auction View Lots
11/1/2024 - Saint Charles Convention Center
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Lot #126 - 1863 $10 Fr# 95 - PMG AU-58/small tear
Hammer: $7,500
US Currency-Legal Tender Notes, Large
Often found cut a little askew, this particularly bright example has been almost ideally centered and squared properly when viewed from either side, which means the back of the note is as appealing as the front. Signatures were stamped a little high but are as bold and deep black as can be. A "small tear" as called out by PMG only just barely requires mention because it technically touches a portion of the design (the border line) else it would escape notice. Not mentioned is a tiny dab of greenish residue positioned below the offending "tear" -- the cataloger speculates a staple may have been professionally removed from the edge at some point.

Jewelry & Heirlooms No. 13 View Lots
11/1/2024 - Saint Charles Convention Center
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Lot #235 - Four Men's Pocket Watches
Hammer: $775
Jewelry-Watches
A. Hunter case Illinois Watch Co. 18 size. Inside back lid is stamped “Two Plates of 14 karat gold over fine hard metal”. The 15 jewel movement is marked 1414759 and is also marked Illinois Watch Co. This lever set watch has a clean face and crystal, but the outside does show wear. This watch does come with a surprise, inside the back lid is a child’s drawing of an airplane! Winds, sets and runs. 84.2 dwt. B. Open face Hamilton Railway Special. The 21 jewel movement is marked Hamilton 992B plus inside of the movement is C462004. The lever set watch is triple signed and 16 size. Movement is in beautiful shape, but the case and crystal are average. Winds, sets and runs. C. Gold-filled Elgin National Watch Co. 7 jewel movement 4296945. Inside the back lid is a note that shows who owned the watch and when. This lever set watch is in great shape. Winds, sets and runs. D. Gold-filled Hamilton 17 jewel pocket watch with what looks to be its original box and paperwork. Triple signed. Movement has the number 836709. Stem set. The back of the watch has the Initials “JR”. This watch is in very good shape but is missing the second hand.