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Auction 107 | Lot 5212 » Dimes » Seated Dimes

1841 No Drapery XF 40. Probably Struck From Proof Dies. This coin was discovered by F.C.C. Boyd in the early 1940s and was first offered for public sale when Boyd's material was sold under the name of the World's Greatest Collection in 1945. It reappeared 18 years later in New Netherlands' 57th Sale where it was described as "once a proof." The last appearance was in the 1973 MANA Sale (Kagin's, 11/73), lot 1107 where it was reported to have realized $52,000. R The coin shows evidence of moderate handling, but we believe the surfaces still retain enough of the original proof texture to make it identifiable as a special striking. When New Netherlands cataloged the coin thirty years ago they rendered a description that we find difficult to improve upon, and so we reproduce it here for those who have questions, concerns, or doubts about the nature of this piece: "The missing drapery resulted from an over-ambitious polishing or "proofing" of the obverse die. The diameter of the stars has also been diminished in the process. The rim is much broader than on the business strikes for this year, which fact should satisfy any doubts which might exist regarding its proof origin." R As mentioned, the coin has seen some circulation as there is some friction on the highpoints of the design, but a surprising amount of the original proof surface still remains. The surfaces appear to have been lightly cleaned at one time but have since been left to naturally retone. In his roster of proofs Breen only mentions one other proof 1841, that one having once been a part of Colonel Green's proof set, and since dispersal of his collection 50 years ago, this piece is untraced. The Smithsonian does not have a proof 1841, and this may well be the only example available to collectors in the foreseeable future. (PCGS# 4728)

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Auction 107 | Lot 5772 » Double Eagles » Liberty Double Eagles

1858-S XF/AU 48. Some luster remains in the protected areas and there is a bit of light reddish color on each side as well. Ex: Norweb (B&M, 11/88), lot 3978, flip accompanies; J.S. Morganthau, December 10, 1935. (PCGS# 8925)

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Auction 107 | Lot 5020 » Colonials

1795 Franklin Press Token MS 63 Brown. 7.97 grams. The brown patina shows considerable amounts of underlying red color that gives the coin a considerable amount of "life." Listed on page 55 of the 1993 Guide Book. (PCGS# 795)

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Auction 107 | Lot 5021 » Colonials

1791 Washington-President/Large Eagle Cent AU 50. 12.48 grams. A lovely example of this popular Washington piece that shows smooth brown surfaces and appears undergraded by several points. There is one small area of scratches in the right obverse field. Listed on page 59 of the 1993 Guide Book. (PCGS# 810)

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Auction 107 | Lot 5024 » Colonials

George Washington/Liberty and Security Token XF 40. London Edge, Baker-31. 8.19 grams. Softly struck in the centers with deep brown and blue color. Listed on page 61 of the 1993 Guide Book. (PCGS# 813)

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Auction 107 | Lot 5025 » Colonials

1781 Libertas Americana Medal AU 55. Betts-615. 47.5 mm., silver. Engraved by Augustin Dupre. A later die state showing the diagnostic die break below the 4 in the date as a trailing lump of metal. The obverse of this historically important medal shows the figure of Liberty with flowing hair and a Liberty cap atop a pole behind. The date of independence is in the exergual area: 4 Juil. 1776. The reverse is full of symbolism: The infant Hercules (America) strangles two serpents, representing the battles of Saratoga and Yorktown, while protected by France garbed as Minerva, who fends off an attack by the British lion. Below the raised exergue line are the dates of these two key battles celebrating Arnold's and Washington's victories over Burgoyne and Cornwallis: 17 Oct. 1777/19 Oct. 1781. The peripheral legend NON SINE DIIS ANIMOSUS INFANS translates "The infant is not bold without divine aid." R The Libertas Americana medal is universally considered the most beautiful of the various Peace Medals. Its design was suggested by Benjamin Franklin while he was ambassador to France. The mottoes were supplied to Franklin by Sir William Jones and are taken from Horace's ode "Descende Coelo." The dies were engraved in 1782 and the obverse design had a long-lasting effect on both American and French coinage. The most obvious influence was upon the 1793 half cent, a design that was obviously directly lifted from the Libertas Americana medal. Other early U.S. copper designs used this charming medal as a design model and Andre Galle borrowed liberally from it for his important Liberte Francoise design of 1793 as well. R The Libertas Americana is highly elusive in silver, we have not handled one in six or seven years, and we have never seen or handled a piece that was in such a superior state of preservation. The devices show just the slightest evidence of rub on the highpoints, and there are a few trivial contact marks and hairlines in the fields, but overall this is a most pleasing exa (PCGS# 814)

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Auction 107 | Lot 5002 » Colonials

1652 Pine Tree Shilling Fine 12. Small Planchet. Noe-16. 4.36 grams. The variety is distinguished by double punching on the II in the XII of the denomination, the wide W, and wide I in IN on the reverse. Slightly off-center on each side, the fields have a darker gray patina while the devices show a contrasting silvery-gray color. There are a couple of minor flan cracks that do not affect the design elements in any way, and no nicks, scrapes, or scratches on either side. Listed on page 18 of the 1993 Guide Book. (PCGS# 652)

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Auction 107 | Lot 5003 » Colonials

1652 Pine Tree Shilling VF 20. Small Planchet. Noe-16. 4.29 grams. Well centered on the reverse but a trifle off-center on the obverse. The center is softly struck making the undercutting on the XII in the denomination impossible to verify. Light gray patina with silvery-gray centers. (PCGS# 652)

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Auction 107 | Lot 5004 » Colonials

1652 Pine Tree Shilling VF 30. Clipped. Large Planchet. Noe-9. 70.5 grains. This Large Planchet coin was clipped several times around the edge giving it an almost octagonal shape. The peripheral lettering is all intact, only a few outer beads are missing. Original surfaces with gray patina in the fields and much lighter, almost brilliant, devices. There are a few pinprick indentations in the fields on each side. Ex: Winthrop Collection (B&R, 9/75), lot 232, flip accompanies. (PCGS# 652)

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Auction 107 | Lot 5005 » Colonials

1652 Oak Tree Shilling Fine 15. Small Planchet. Holed, Bent and Re-Straightened. 4.51 grams. Medium gray-olive patina with deep charcoal color surrounding much of the devices. Pierced at 5 o'clock on the obverse (dated side) and most likely worn as a "witch piece," that would explain the bend in the coin also. (Allegedly shillings were bent and carried to ward off witches). Listed on page 18 of the 1993 Guide Book. (PCGS# 653)

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Auction 107 | Lot 5006 » Colonials

Undated (1670-75) Saint Patrick Halfpenny XF 45. 9.44 grams. Well centered on both sides with a clean reverse while the reverse shows some dark green corrosion within the devices. The brass insert is faint but definitely present in the area of the crown. Listed on page 20 of the current Guide Book. (PCGS# 670)

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Auction 107 | Lot 5007 » Colonials

1723 Rosa Americana halfpenny XF 45, 7.60 grams, pleasing brown color around the devices with an olive tint in the fields; 1773 Virginia halfpenny AU 58, 7.64 grams, sharply struck with tiny traces of mint luster still seen around some of the devices; and a "1783" Washington and Independence piece XF 40, small military bust, 7.07 grams. (Total: 3 coins) (PCGS# 723)

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Auction 107 | Lot 5008 » Colonials

1723 Rosa Americana twopence VF 35. N-14. 16.17 grams. Well centered and showing modest wear on the devices, the surfaces of this brass coin show the greenish-yellow color common to this alloy. Free from any major or mentionable marks. Listed on page 22 of the 1993 Guide Book. (PCGS# 723)

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Auction 107 | Lot 5016 » Colonials

1787 Fugio Cent VF 20. Pointed Rays, STATES UNITED. 10.25 grams. A pleasing coin for the grade with darker accents surrounding the devices. (PCGS# 787)

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Auction 107 | Lot 5017 » Colonials

1787 Fugio Cent AU 55. STATES UNITED. Cinquefoils on obverse. Newman 12-X. 9.47 grams. Quite a lovely specimen that was previously sold as lot 2009 in the Lee Hewitt Sale (B&R, 11/84), flip accompanies, where it was described as, "...medium brown color with some lighter areas. Free of the planchet flaws that are often seen on this issue." Listed on page 63 of the 1993 Guide Book. (PCGS# 787)

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Auction 107 | Lot 5018 » Colonials

1787 Fugio Cent MS 63 Red and Brown. Pointed Rays, STATES UNITED. 11.33 grams. Lovely mellowed red color with a border of deep gray-brown on the left side of the reverse. Well struck in most places with occasional localized softness. There are a couple of die cracks and the planchet was clipped slightly at the bottom of the obverse at the time of striking. Listed on page 63 of the 1993 Guide Book. (PCGS# 787)

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Auction 107 | Lot 5019 » Colonials

1788 Vermont Cent VF 20. 8.10 grams. Softly struck on Britannia on the reverse, but overall a nice piece for the grade with a full planchet and showing smooth surfaces with no flaws. Dark and medium brown color interspersed over both sides. (PCGS# 788)

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Auction 107 | Lot 5010 » Colonials

1776 Continental Dollar XF 40. CURENCY variety, Unbeaded links, struck in tin. Breen-1089; Crosby Plate VIII, 15; Newman-1-C. While technically an XF, of VF value because of a number of small rim bruises--an all to common occurrence on these soft metal coins. Well struck with a dark gray patina. Ex: Auction '81 (RARCOA session, 7/81), lot 9, no flip included. (PCGS# 776)

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Auction 107 | Lot 5011 » Colonials

1783 Chalmers Threepence XF 40. .75 grams. John Chalmers issued the first (PCGS# 783)

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Auction 107 | Lot 5012 » Colonials

Undated (1785) Bar Copper XF 40. Harshly Cleaned. Probably the most widely counterfeited of all Colonial issues, this Bar Cent has all-important certification for authentication only from ANACS, E-6685-X, dated 10/22/82. The grade was given in-house by Heritage. Slightly off-center with a somewhat abraded center on the obverse. Modeled after a Continental soldier's button, the Bar Cent has certainly become one of the most popular and widely recognized of all Colonial issues. Listed on page 53 of the current Guide Book. (PCGS# 785)

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Auction 107 | Lot 5013 » Colonials

1785 Connecticut Cent XF 45. Bust Facing Right. 8.51 grams. A pleasing medium brown coin that is surprisingly clean in the fields, and only shows minor porosity in the fields and is slightly off-center. Listed on page 40 of the current Guide Book. (PCGS# 785)

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Auction 107 | Lot 5014 » Colonials

1788 Massachusetts Cent VF 20. Damaged; A second example grading VF 30; and a 1787 Connecticut Cent Fair 2. (Total: 3 Coins) (PCGS# 786)

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Auction 107 | Lot 5015 » Colonials

1787 Massachusetts Cent XF 40, 9.34 grams, dark brown patina, ex: Metropolitan New York Sale (NERCA, 4/81), lot 6, flip accompanies; 1788 New Jersey cent XF 45, Rough Planchet, Maris 50-f, 9.33 grams, struck on a streaky, porous planchet; and a 1791 Washington Small Eagle cent AU 58, Baker-16, 12.45 grams, deep brown patina. All three piece show traces of PVC. (Total: 3 coins) (PCGS# 786)

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Auction 107 | Lot 5026 » Half Cents

1793 VF 20. B-2, R.3. Dark brown and showing some minor porosity, but not as much as often seen on this issue. The Davies-Niewoehner specimen and identifiable as such by a small planchet defect on the rim above the first A in AMERICA. Formerly sold as lot 52 of that historic sale (Paramount, 2/75), flip included. (PCGS# 1000)

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Auction 107 | Lot 5027 » Half Cents

1793 VF 30. B-3, R.3. Formerly sold as lot 676 of the Fulton Sale (B&R, 6/78), flip included, where it was described in part as, "...well struck and very sharply defined including the oft-weakly-struck reverse center. A few surface marks can be found here and there, but none are serious. Planchet is a rich dark brown color." A most pleasing example of this first year of issue and the only year of the design type. Also ex: Scott Sale (B&R, 6/75), lot 109, no flip. (PCGS# 1000)

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Sold For: $3,960.00