August 2023 Global Showcase Auction – 14 - 21 August 2023
Live Sessions: Ancient and World Coins, Currency
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
Description
1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 3-G.1, W-2805. Rarity-6-. Mailed Bust Left. VF Details--Corrosion Removed (PCGS).
106.0 grains. Granular surfaces are deep brown with some earthen and olive undertones. A bit dusky, appearing more natural and as found than as a piece that has had corrosion removed, but the overall surface roughness is an inescapable fact nonetheless. Well centered and very nicely detailed for the variety. The Chris Young envelope included here references the Perkins coin, noting that the details here are "equal or better." Though this is more granular, the comparison is a good one and it is notable that the Perkins piece is also ex Hall, Brand and Frederick B. Taylor. Hall and Brand collected at a time and in manners which would have easily allowed top specimens to gravitate toward their collections. Taylor and Perkins were both serious specialists in the series, and the coin they all owned was really not all that different from this. The variety is the only known use of either of these dies.
PCGS# 686405.
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From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Christopher B. Young, July 2007.
Estimate: $2100
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Bidding
| Price realized | 800 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 2'100 USD |
