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Gold: $3,351.77
Silver: $38.83
Platinum: $1,386.36
Palladium: $1,204.02
G/S: 86.31
Pt/G: 0.41
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Lot Title: 1857-S Spiked Shield S.S. Central America with gold dust PCGS MS-65+
Lot Number: 502
Description: Ex-S.S. Central America, "spiked shield" reverse. 9 graded MS-65+, 17 higher at PCGS. The enormous PCGS slab also contains a pinch of "California gold dust" although the encapsulated particles are irritatingly difficult to appreciate through the curiously frosted viewing panel. What is easy to appreciate is the exceptional quality of the 1857-S double-eagle, which appears fully MS-66 to the cataloger's eye. Outrageous, very-bright pale luster predominates over the impressively detailed motifs that suffer merely trivial little bagmarks. Upgrade may be denied by PCGS due to faint, shiny sliding abrasions left and below the chin but otherwise, the surface hardly looks like something which spent more than a century within the salty waters of the Atlantic.
PCGS #: 670713
Estimate: $11,000-$12,000
Lot Status: Internet bidding is open for this lot.
Current High Bid: $12,750
Now Asking For: $13,000
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1857-S Spiked Shield S.S. Central America with gold dust PCGS MS-65+
1857-S Spiked Shield S.S. Central America with gold dust PCGS MS-65+
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