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
1788 Vermont Copper. RR-17, Bressett 14-S, W-2125. Rarity-4. Bust Right—Double Struck. Counterstamped M:G. VG-10 (PCGS).
105.2 grains. A fascinating example of this die variety, struck twice, the first strike on center, the second strike a bit off-center and rotated about 180 degrees. As if the double striking were not enough, some now unknown artisan left his somewhat crude and folksy M:G in thick rectangle counterstamp at obverse center, obscuring some earlier countermark. The forces of multiple strikes and multiple counterstamps have cracked the flan around 5 o'clock on the obverse. Light brown to mahogany brown, with a peppering of verdigris in the right obverse field and in two locations of the obverse. A fantastic and rare error-counterstamp combination.
PCGS# 800833.
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From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Mike Wierzba, March 2018.
Estimate: $1100
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Bidding
| Price realized | 600 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 1'100 USD |
