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 Fugio Cent. Pointed Rays. Newman 8-X, W-6750. Rarity-3. STATES UNITED, 4 Cinquefoils. MS-63 RB (PCGS).
A simply gorgeous Fugio cent boasting blazing rose-red luster and steely blue iridescence in a toning pattern that most collectors will find irresistible. The luster cartwheels are full and unbroken, the planchet flakes usually seen on high grade Fugio cents are quite minimal, and the strike is quite full everywhere but for the area affected by the large die failure/break at lower obverse, which created a corresponding weakness on the reverse. Die state is Newman's E/C. There are many hundreds of Mint State Fugio cents in collector hands, but not all have luster of this intensity and beauty.
PCGS# 884. NGC ID: 2B8E.
To view supplemental information and all items from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, click here.
From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Donald Scarinci Collection, November 2010. This coin is recorded by Syd as having come from our (Stack's) auction of March 1984, lot 422, but this lot is a Hard Times token and not a Fugio cent.
Estimate: $6000
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Bidding
| Price realized | 3'200 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 6'000 USD |
