"1785" 1/2P Immune Columbia F.S. Edwards Copy, BN MS(PCGS#826)
"1785" 1/2P Immune Columbia F.S. Edwards Copy, BN MS (PCGS#826)
November 2021 Baltimore U.S. Coins auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 10322
- 等级
- XF45+BN
- 价格
- 11,468
- 详细说明
- 1785 (ca. 1865) Immune Columbia Copper Struck Copy by Dr. F.S. Edwards. W-18800, Kenney-2. Copper. EF-45+ (PCGS). 28.4 mm. Plain edge. Coin turn. Even and glossy chocolate brown, with surface texture that does not suggest any kind of prooflike surface. The surfaces, unlike the die work, imitate antiquity ably. The design elements, however, bear little resemblance to the genuine article. Smooth to the naked eye but a trifle granular under a glass, very attractive overall. A real rarity in the struck copper series (and the only example we have ever seen). It is remarkable that this piece was added to Ford's collection of rare struck copies of colonial coins in 1997, long after most of the rest of his pieces were acquired. Provenance: From the E Pluribus Unum Collection. Earlier from our (Stack's) sale of September 1997, lot 193; our (Stack's) sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part XIV, May 2006, lot 617. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.