RARE PEDIGREE COIN FROM THE FAMOUS ELIASBERG COLLECTION
REPUBLIC OF CENTRAL AMERICA COSTA RICA
GRADED BY NGC AS EXTRA FINE 45
OBV: RADIANT SUN AND MOUNTAINS
REV: TREE
KM #80
CALLED "THE KING OF COIN COLLECTORS" IN LIFE MAGAZINE IN 1953, LOUIS E. ELIASBERG, SR. (1896-1976) REMAINS THE MOST RENOWN COLLECTOR OF COINS IN U.S. HISTORY AND HIS COLLECTION OF WORLD COINS WAS AMONG THE MOST PROMINENT AND IMPRESSIVE EVER ACCUMULATED
AN ALABAMA BORN BALTIMORE FINANCIER AND SELF-MADE MAN, ELIASBERG BEGAN SERIOUSLY COLLECTING COINS IN THE 1940'S, ACQUIRING MANY FAMOUS COLLECTIONS ALONG THE WAY
HIS MAIN FOCUS WAS IN ASSEMBLING THE FIRST COMPLETE COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES COINAGE (EVERY U.S. COIN OF EVERY DATE, MINTMARK, METAL AND DENOMINATION EVER STRUCK UP TO DATE) WHICH HE ACCOMPLISHED IN 1950. HE CONTINUALLY UPDATED HIS COLLECTION TO REMAIN CURRENT AND COMPLETE
AFTER HIS DEATH, HIS NUMISMATIC COLLECTION WAS DIVIDED BETWEEN HIS TWO CHILDREN AND SUBSEQUENTLY HAS SOLD VIA THREE AUCTIONS FOR A TOTAL OF 47 MILLION DOLLARS
THE MOST FAMOUS COIN, THE ELIASBERG/LEE 1913 LIBERTY NICKEL WENT FOR $1,485,000, THE FIRST COIN TO BE SOLD FOR OVER A MILLION DOLLARS
THE ELIASBURG COLLECTION WAS THE FINEST OF ITS TYPE AND A COIN COMING FROM THIS AMAZING COLLECTION IS CONSIDERD TO HAVE THE FINEST PEDIGREE WITH THE ASSURANCE THAT IT IS OF THE HIGHEST APPEAL, QUALITY AND CHOICE FOR ITS TYPE
THIS ELIASBERG COLLECTION 1848 GOLD COSTA RICA 1/2 ESCUDO IS 14 MM IN DIAMETER
SAN JOSE MINT
ASSAYER JUAN BARTH (1847-1864)
