Stack's Bowers Galleries

August 2023 Global Showcase Auction  –  14 - 21 August 2023

Stack's Bowers Galleries, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction

Live Sessions: Ancient and World Coins, Currency

Part A: Mo, 14.08.2023, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part B: Tu, 15.08.2023, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part D: Tu, 15.08.2023, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 2: Tu, 15.08.2023, from 9:00 PM CEST
Part C: Tu, 15.08.2023, from 10:00 PM CEST
Part 3: We, 16.08.2023, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part 4: We, 16.08.2023, from 7:00 PM CEST
Part 5: We, 16.08.2023, from 10:00 PM CEST
Part 6: Th, 17.08.2023, from 12:00 AM CEST
Part E: Th, 17.08.2023, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 7: Th, 17.08.2023, from 8:00 PM CEST
Part 8: Fr, 18.08.2023, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part 9: Sa, 19.08.2023, from 1:00 AM CEST
Part 10: Sa, 19.08.2023, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part F: Mo, 21.08.2023, from 4:00 PM CEST
The auction is closed.

Description

1787 New Jersey Copper. Maris 27-j, W-5060. Rarity-6+. Small Planchet, Plain Shield. Fine Details--Environmental Damage (PCGS).
132.8 grains. A rare variety, one unknown to Maris and apparently not identified until the 1890 Parmelee sale. This piece is dark brown with some lighter brown contrast on the devices. The surfaces have suffered from ground exposure, leaving the fields microscopically granular at best but also showing some scattered raised corrosion. The detail is better on the reverse than obverse, but both sides are reasonably attractive, all things considered. The centering is good and the date is complete. The 2019 EPU coin was also in a PCGS Fine Details holder, by virtue of a couple of old dents. Syd Martin had the Parmelee discovery coin, a PCGS F-12 that brought $8,400. There are only five coins in the SHI census graded better than F+. Most of the just over a dozen survivors are not exactly beauty pageant winners.
PCGS# 767895.
From the E Pluribus Unum Collection.

Estimate: $4500

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Price realized 2'600 USD
Starting price 1 USD
Estimate 4'500 USD
The auction is closed.
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