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1861 1C CSA Cent, Copper Restrike PR64 Brown ANACS....
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1861 Haseltine Restrike CSA Cent
PR64 Brown With Lovely, Deep Color
1861 1C CSA Cent, Copper Restrike PR64 Brown ANACS.
Breen-8008. Restrike CSA cents were offered by Capt. John W.
Haseltine in early 1874. According to Haseltine, the dies were
authorized by the Confederacy and made by noted engraver Robert
Lovett, Jr. in 1861. Fearful of having committed treason, Lovett
kept his involvement with the project a secret until he
accidentally spent one of the few struck cents at a bar in late
1873. The Confederate cent found its way to Haseltine via Edward
Maris, who procured the original dies from Lovett. Haseltine
produced restrikes around 1874. Nearly a century later, Robert
Bashlow obtained the dies, which were by then defaced, and struck
further pieces. The present piece is a Haseltine and not a Bashlow
striking. The generally accepted story is Haseltine backed off the
striking pressure for his restrikes in an effort to preserve the
die as long as possible. The result is the L on the cotton bale
(Lovett's initial) is weaker on restrikes. But that is not always
the case. We have seen at least one other example that has a
strongly impressed initial. Overall, this is a well-struck,
golden-brown near-Gem, the fields exhibit lovely steel-blue patina.
Beautifully preserved aside from a faint curved pinscratch across
the wreath bow. Listed on page 423 of the 2018 Guide Book.Ex: 2001 FUN Signature (Heritage, 1/2001), lot 7805; Palm Beach Signature (Heritage, 11/2004), lot 10516.
From The Kerry Rudin Collection.
Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 2C4Z, PCGS# 340405, Greysheet# 15307)
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Auction Info
2018 January 3 - 8 FUN US Coins Signature Auction - Tampa #1271 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
January, 2018
3rd-8th
Wednesday-Monday
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