(1652) 6P New England, Silver Wyatt Copy MS(PCGS#534615)
(1652) 6P New England, Silver Wyatt Copy MS (PCGS#534615)
November 2017 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 4296
- 等级
- AU58
- 价格
- 5,967
- 详细说明
- Undated (1850s) NE Sixpence. Wyatt Copy. Noe-NB, Kenney-2, W-14010. Silver. AU-58 (PCGS). Medal turn. A rare and evocative early struck copy, produced at the behest of numismatist Thomas Wyatt about 1856 based on illustrations published in Joseph Felt's 1839 An Historical Account of the Massachusetts Currency.Wyatt, or whomever accomplished these dies (likely not Wyatt himself), included the cross-hatching lines found in the Felt illustrations, which themselves copied engraved plates published by Martin Folkes in 1745. On some specimens of this type, like this one, the cross-hatching lines are all crystal clear, as are the misshapen indications of where the original coin's rims would have been, which appear as well drawn lines inside the rims of the round Wyatt planchets. Essentially unworn, unlike some survivors of this Wyatt issue that were meant to defraud contemporary collectors. Pleasing, rich silver gray in tone and about as nice an example as you will readily find. PCGS# 534615.