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

1838 Classic Head Quarter Eagle. HM-1, the only known dies. Rarity-3. AU-53 (PCGS). CAC.
Vivid olive-honey and pale rose colors blanket both sides of this overall sharply defined, appreciably lustrous example. The 1838 quarter eagle exhibits a distinct portrait style in the Classic Head series that John H. Clapp referred to as the Silly Head.
PCGS# 7696. NGC ID: 25FY.
From the Jerome S. Reznick Collection. Earlier from our (Stack's) sale of December 1971, lot 794. Collector tag with provenance notation included.

Estimate: $1250

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Price realized 2'100 USD
Starting price 1 USD
Estimate 1'250 USD
The auction is closed.
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