Lot 886
CHOICE 1807 DRAPED BUST $5. NGC graded MS-63. A lovely example with full reflective prooflike surfaces, deeper on the reverse. Both the obverse and reverse show light handling marks, and this piece is quickly identifiable by a tiny tick mark below the B of LIBERTY. Minor adjustment marks are noted on the upper left rim of the reverse. Overall, a choice example that would enhance even the most advanced collection.
The NGC and PCGS Population Reports show a combined total of 37 graded this high, with only 8 graded higher, all as MS-64 for the date.
Estimated Value $10,000 - 15,000.
From Quality Sales Corporation's auction of the John A. Beck Collection, Part I, January 1975, Lot 365; later Bowers and Merena, Inc.'s H.W. Bass, Jr. Collection Part II, October 1999, lot 780.
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| Realized $11,500 |
