[TABLE="width: 100%"] [h=1]NGC CERTIFIES $10 MILLION COIN: THE WALTER PERSCHKE BRASHER DOUBLOON[/h]http://www.ngccoin.com/news/viewarticle.aspx?NewsletterNewsArticleID=1732&utm_source=enews&utm_medium=enews&utm_campaign=ngc_enews_7_2012&spMailingID=4481880&spUserID=MTI4MzA4NjMwOTkS1&spJobID=47913636&spReportId=NDc5 MTM2MzYS1 [/TABLE]
Well the value is purely a guess of course. I always wondered about coins like this when they get slabbed. Why? Does a potential buyer need NGC to verify its authenticity? Does he need NGC to grade it for him? Coins like this have had numismatists greater than slabbers look at it, what value does putting it in plastic give?
To those who don't know, this used to be "the coin' for US collectors. It was far more valued than an 1804 silver dollar, (viewed as a made up mint concoction), a 1913 LH nickel, (proven to be dark of the night theft at the mint), and other coins. Since the 1850's this was the most desirable coin a US collector could own. Now, this example might be the best condition, but the stamp is on the wing. I do not believe if all Brashers were sold side by side this would be the most valuable one. Most collectors prefer the examples where the EB was stamped on the breast.
