Stack's Bowers Galleries

March 2021 Auction  –  29 March - 1 April 2021

Stack's Bowers Galleries, March 2021 Auction

Internet Sessions: US Coins and Banknotes

Part 6: Mo, 29.03.2021, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 7: Tu, 30.03.2021, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 8: Tu, 30.03.2021, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 9: We, 31.03.2021, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 10: Th, 01.04.2021, from 6:00 PM CEST
The auction is closed.

Description

Counterstamps

J. SPOFFORD / PORTLAND on an 1851 Braided Hair large cent. Brunk S-773, Rulau-ME 122 var. Host coin Very Fine.

Josiah H. Spofford (1811-1868) was operating in Portland, ME from 1846 to 1860 as a machinist (1850), die sinker (1855) and gunsmith (1856). Brunk lists only one 1851 large cent reported, this exact example.

From the Steve M. Tompkins Collection.

Estimate: $ 150

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Price realized 190 USD
Starting price 1 USD
The auction is closed.
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