Stack's Bowers Galleries

November 2020 Auction  –  11 - 14 November 2020

Stack's Bowers Galleries, November 2020 Auction

Live Sessions: US Coins and Banknotes

Part 1: We, 11.11.2020, from 12:00 AM CET
Part 2: We, 11.11.2020, from 6:00 PM CET
Part 3: We, 11.11.2020, from 11:00 PM CET
Part 4: Th, 12.11.2020, from 7:00 PM CET
Part 5: Th, 12.11.2020, from 11:00 PM CET
Part 6: Fr, 13.11.2020, from 12:00 AM CET
Part 7: Fr, 13.11.2020, from 7:00 PM CET
Part 8: Sa, 14.11.2020, from 1:00 AM CET
The auction is closed.

Description

Franco-American Jetons
1756 Franco-American Jeton. The Migrating Hive. Betts-393, Breton-517, Frossard-Unlisted (WWC Wilson / Raymond Obverse T). Silver. Reeded Edge. AU-55 (PCGS).
Coin turn. 103.5 grains. 28.6 mm. Mottled pastel blue and pale gold toning decorates attractive light silver gray surfaces. Good luster, with some reflectivity remaining. Scattered tiny marks are present, none serious, though we note a little scuff low in the right obverse field. A very pretty piece with a great old provenance.
PCGS# 827591.
From the E Pluribus Unum Collection. Earlier from the stock of Burdette G. Johnson; Spink America's sale of June 1997, part of lot 76.
Estimate: $800

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Price realized 1'900 USD
Starting price 1 USD
Estimate 800 USD
The auction is closed.
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