1830 $2.50 Templeton Reid MS (PCGS#10320)
The May 2013 ANA National Money Show
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 1204
- 等级
- AU58
- 价格
- 2,034,242
- 详细说明
- 1830 Templeton Reid $2.50 Gold. K-1. Rarity-6. AU-58 (PCGS). CAC. Secure Holder. There are only a dozen <em>grading events</em> by PCGS for Templeton Reid quarter eagles in all grades. The number of <em>different </em>pieces is likely considerabley fewer. This is the second finest they have seen, nudged out from the top position by a single coin that grades Mint State-60. The obverse design is a simple affair with T. REID above, 2.50 at the center and ASSAYER. below. For the reverse design a broad dentilated rim is noted, with GEORGIA GOLD around and 1830 at the center. The surfaces show minimal marks and are quite pleasing to examine. Strong eye appeal, surface quality and handsome orange-gold color prevails on this majestic and historic coin.< This is one of the finest remaining examples of Reid’s private gold coinage--the first private gold coinage of the early 19th century. Reid's production was soon followed by the more extensive coinage of the Bechtler family in Rutherfordton, North Carolina.<br />
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Much of what we know about Templeton Reid is based on the research of Dr. Seymour, from whose estate this coin comes. When we offered the Eliasberg Collection example, which we graded as net VF-20, we included the information below, including mention of Seymour:<br />
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"<em>Gold had been discovered in Georgia during the 1820s. By the latter part of the decade news had spread and many fortune seekers had arrived in the district. Milledgeville, then the state capital, was one of the centers of activity. Templeton Reid, a gunsmith and clockmaker, sensed an opportunity to fill a commercial need by converting gold dust, then traded by weight in the area, into coins. The nearest and only federal mint was at Philadelphia, which was hundreds of miles distant. For an entrepreneurial miner to send bullion there involved several weeks of time, risk of transportation, and loss of capital. On July 24, 1830, an article appeared in the</em> Southern Recorder<
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