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1916 G$1 McKinley Gold Dollar, Judd-A1916-1 Variant, PR63 NGC....
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$23,500.00
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Description
1916 McKinley Gold Dollar, PR63
Extremely Rare Obverse Die Trial
Struck in Nickel, Judd-A1916-1
1916 G$1 McKinley Gold Dollar, Judd-A1916-1 Variant, PR63
NGC. Major Lenox Lohr, of Chicago, Illinois, was one of the
most prolific collectors of pattern coins of all time. His
collection included more than 1,400 different patterns when he sold
it to Abner Kreisberg in the late 1950s. Kreisberg sold the
collection to the Empire Coin Company (Q. David Bowers and James
Ruddy), and they offered it in a monumental fixed price list, circa
1961. Although this uniface obverse die trial of the McKinley gold
dollar, struck in nickel, was not included in the Empire offering,
Andrew W. Pollock III indicates Lohr was the first owner-of-record
for this extremely rare trial piece. Robert Batchelder apparently
acquired this example at some point, and Sol Kaplan owned it by
1971, when he sold it to Anthony Swiatek at a Shaker Heights, Ohio
coin show. Swiatek has owned this piece ever since. A closely
related obverse die trial, struck from the same die, in the same
metal, but possibly from a different collar is also in Mr.
Swiatek's collection, and is offered in another lot in this sale.
That piece has an extremely high wire rim around the obverse.Aside from the other trial piece in this sale, we know of no other uniface obverse die trial of a 1916 McKinley gold dollar struck in nickel. NGC has certified both examples as J-A1916-1 Variant, but it is possible that they should be considered different issues because of the different collar. In that case both pieces would be unique. This pleasing Select example exhibits well-detailed design elements and lightly marked surfaces that display slightly subdued luster. The surfaces are blanketed in delicate shades of greenish-gold and lavender-gray toning. This fascinating die trial represents the ultimate in numismatic rarity and it may be decades before collectors have the opportunity to purchase it again, after this chance has passed.
Coin Index Numbers: (PCGS# 62401)
Auction Info
2015 January 7 - 12 FUN US Coins Signature Auction - Orlando #1216 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
January, 2015
7th-12th
Wednesday-Monday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 11
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