Stack's Bowers Galleries

Spring 2023 Auction  –  20 - 25 March 2023

Stack's Bowers Galleries, Spring 2023 Auction

Live Sessions: U.S. Coins and Currency

Part 1: Mo, 20.03.2023, from 6:00 PM CET
Part 2: Tu, 21.03.2023, from 4:00 PM CET
Part 3: Tu, 21.03.2023, from 11:00 PM CET
Part 4: We, 22.03.2023, from 4:00 PM CET
Part 5: We, 22.03.2023, from 9:00 PM CET
Part 6: Th, 23.03.2023, from 5:00 PM CET
Part 7: Th, 23.03.2023, from 7:00 PM CET
Part 8: Fr, 24.03.2023, from 5:00 PM CET
Part 9: Fr, 24.03.2023, from 10:00 PM CET
The auction is closed.

Description

1786 Nova Constellatio Copper. Crosby 1-A, W-1940. Rarity-6. Small Date. AG Detail, Damage (PCGS).
104.4 grains. A classic rarity in the series, a circulating counterfeit that closely imitates a 1783-dated Small US type. Very few of these are better than this, and any specimen that retains a decent date and some of the design is considered better than average. This one is medium brown with surfaces that show considerable pitting, along with several dull dents on the obverse. The 1786 date is perfectly clear and complete, as is LIBERTAS ET and most of JUSTITIA. On the obverse, NOVA is legible, as is STELLATIO. The central obverse is mostly featureless, but US is pretty clear and the wreath around it is nearly complete. As Chris Young's envelope notes this is "one of the better specimens!" We agree. Syd saved the original ancient cellophane and cardboard holder this was acquired in, and he noted that Young bought this coin in 1994 for $20.
PCGS# 814.
From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Christopher B. Young, February 1996.

Estimate: $1650

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Price realized 2'600 USD
Starting price 1 USD
Estimate 1'650 USD
The auction is closed.
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