Spring 2024 Auction – 25 - 28 March 2024
Live Sessions: U.S. Coins and Currency, Physical Cryptocurrency
Part 2: Mo, 25.03.2024, from 11:00 PM CET
Part 3: Tu, 26.03.2024, from 5:00 PM CET
Part 4: Tu, 26.03.2024, from 9:00 PM CET
Part 5: We, 27.03.2024, from 4:00 PM CET
Part 6: We, 27.03.2024, from 8:00 PM CET
Part 7: We, 27.03.2024, from 10:00 PM CET
Part 8: Th, 28.03.2024, from 5:00 PM CET
Part 9: Th, 28.03.2024, from 6:00 PM CET
Part 10: Th, 28.03.2024, from 8:00 PM CET
Description
1783 John Chalmers Shilling. W-1785. Rarity-4+. Birds, Short Worm. EF-40 (NGC).
An ideal piece for the grade, fully struck and completely detailed over richly toned steel-gray surfaces. Centering is good, the birds side pretty much perfect in this regard, the clasped hands side drawn trivially to 5 o'clock with the denticulation thin at lower right. The surfaces have a hard, frosty texture and, while some underlying glossiness points to an ancient cleaning, the toning is natural and there are none but wispy handling marks that are easily overlooked during in-hand viewing. All in all, a very satisfying example of a classic type, struck within steps of where the Congress was meeting when the ratification of the Treaty of Paris officially ended the Revolutionary War.
PCGS# 596. NGC ID: 2AUU.
From the Windy City Collection.
Estimate: $6000
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Bidding
| Price realized | 7'000 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 6'000 USD |
