Winter 2022 Showcase Auction – 27 October - 4 November 2022
U.S. Coins and Currency
Part 2: Fr, 28.10.2022, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 3: Tu, 01.11.2022, from 5:00 PM CET
Part 4: Tu, 01.11.2022, from 10:00 PM CET
Part 5: Tu, 01.11.2022, from 11:00 PM CET
Part 6: We, 02.11.2022, from 4:00 PM CET
Part 7: We, 02.11.2022, from 9:00 PM CET
Part 8: Th, 03.11.2022, from 5:00 PM CET
Part 9: Th, 03.11.2022, from 10:00 PM CET
Part 10: Fr, 04.11.2022, from 6:00 PM CET
Part 11: Fr, 04.11.2022, from 11:00 PM CET
Description
1852 Wass, Molitor & Co. $10. K-3. Rarity-7. Small Head. VF Details--Repaired (PCGS).
An intriguing variety, the digit 2 in the date is "plugged," presumably because the die was initially dated 1851 before the 1 was drilled out and replaced with a 2. The 1852 K-2 goes by a host of names with Small Head, used here, following the terminology that has been used in the Guide Book since its first publication in the late 1940s. Edgar Adams, however, used the term Large Head in his 1912 work California Private Gold Coinage, while Walter Breen and Don Kagin came up with the term Long Neck during the 1980s. Regardless of how it is described, this variety is elusive in all grades, this being one of our few offerings in recent memory. Sure to result in spirited bidding among Territorial gold collectors working with a more restrictive budget.
PCGS# 10345.
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Bidding
| Price realized | 3'800 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 5'500 USD |
