Sale 1185 — 2018 Rarities of the World
Sale Date — Wednesday, 27 June, 2018
Category — Columbian Issue, 1894-98 Bureau Issue
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$2.00 Columbian (242). Original gum, mathematically precise centering with wide and balanced margins, deep luxurious colorEXTREMELY FINE GEM. A PHENOMENAL ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE $2.00 COLUMBIAN ISSUE, GRADED GEM 100 BY P.S.E. THIS IS THE ONLY ORIGONAL-GUM DOLLAR VALUE COLUMBIAN TO ACHIEVE THIS PERFECT GRADE.
The $2.00 Columbian is notorious as one of the most difficult denominations to obtain in original gum condition with choice centering and wide margins. Remarkably, of the entire P.S.E. graded population of original-gum dollar-value Columbians (241-245), this is the only example to achieve this perfect grade. Only one other dollar value has been graded Gem 100 in any condition -- a no-gum $3.00.
With 2010 P.S.E. certificate (OGph, Gem 100; SMQ $19,000.00)
1,050
13,000