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1892
1906
.
PCGS graded MS-64 PQ.
CAC APPROVED.
Bright
and lustrous overall with a bright, yellow-golden appearance.
Light incrustation is seen on each side. (
PCGS # 7858
)
Estimated Value ................................................... $500 - 550
The Agora Collection
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1893
1908
.
PCGS graded MS-65.
CAC APPROVED.
First year of
issue for the Indian quarter eagle, and always with a slightly
soft strike on the upper wing tip of the eagle. Attractive honey-
golden frost throughout with solid eye appeal as expected for
the Gem level of preservation. Difficult to find as a full Gem with
such pleasing surfaces. (
PCGS # 7939
)
Estimated Value ..............................................$2,700 - 2,800
1894
1908
.
NGC graded MS-63.
CAC APPROVED.
Well defined
with a few small marks on each side. Attractive straw-gold color.
(
PCGS # 7939
)
Estimated Value ................................................... $700 - 750
1895
1909
.
NGC graded MS-61
. The luster is slightly subdued and
there are a couple of minor marks, all typical of the assigned
grade. (
PCGS # 7940
)
Estimated Value ................................................... $275 - 300
1896
1911
.
PCGS graded MS-63.
CAC APPROVED.
Soft straw-
gold color with just a few tiny marks from bag handling. (
PCGS
# 7942
)
Estimated Value ................................................... $600 - 650
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1911-D $2.50 I
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1897
1911-D
.
PCGS graded AU-58
. Strong D. A very popular
key date, and a unquestioned genuine D-mint example with
smooth, mostly untoned surfaces and a crisp strike. Light
rubbing is seen under close examination on the highpoints
(the fields) of this incuse designed coin. The D mintmark is
sharply struck up and easily identifiable to the naked eye,
unlike many examples we have seen. The obverse portrays
Brule Lakota Chief Hollow Horn Bear, who had taken part in
Theodore Roosevelt's inaugural parade, March 4, 1905. The
Chief died March 15, 1913, age 54, at Providence Hospital,
according to the notice in the April 1913 Numismatist,
which misidentified him as the model for the 1899 $5 Silver
Certificates. His true identity as Boston sculptor Bela Lyon
Pratt's model for the 1908 quarter eagles and half eagles
only came to light in 1988. (
PCGS # 7943
)
Estimated Value ........................................ $5,000 - 5,500
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1898
1911-D
.
NGC graded AU-58
. The deep honey-gold surfaces
of this key date Indian quarter eagle display only the lightest
wear while lively luster engages the recessed areas of Pratt's
unique incused design type. This specimen features the Strong
D mintmark which is clearly visible to the unaided eye. A highly
collectable date in an equally collectible grade. The 1911-D is
easily the rarest of all 20th century quarter eagles of either
design type, and it is the only quarter eagle issued after 1885
with a four-figure value in the VF column of the
Red Book.
(
PCGS # 7943
)
Estimated Value ..............................................$3,800 - 4,000
