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 9-E, W-2855. Rarity-5+. Mailed Bust Left. VF-30 (PCGS).
143.3 grains. Glossy olive brown on both sides with the reliefs just a trifle lighter in tone. A trivial old scratch is noted on both sides, but evidence of handling beyond simple light wear is minimal. Natural planchet roughness did not strike out on the obverse, affecting the lower face, neck and fields left of these features. The reverse is softly detailed in the corresponding area, but much smoother. The misaligned dies resulted in a broad rim centered on 9 o'clock on this side, while the rightmost legend and top of Liberty's pole hand are lost over the edge. Dies near medal-turn orientation, as often seen.
PCGS# 686414.
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From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from John S. Ashby, Jr.'s Fixed Price List of February 1984, lot 240; our (Stack's) sale of the George C. Perkins Collection, January 2000, lot 270.
Estimate: $600
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Bidding
| Price realized | 800 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 600 USD |
