1786 VT 1/2P Vermontensium, BN MS(PCGS#545)

August 2019 ANA U.S. Coins Auction Rosemont, IL

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

5065

等级

MS62BN

价格

372,689

详细说明

Impressive Mint State Vermont Landscape Copper One of the Finest Known 1786 Vermont Copper. Landscape. RR-7, Bressett 5-E, W-2025. Rarity-4. VERMONTENSIUM. MS-62BN (PCGS). A most remarkable example of this desirable type. The surfaces are mostly light olive and milk chocolate brown, with gentle marbling of original faded red seen through much of the field on each side. This is sharpest within the circle around the all-seeing eye on the reverse, where the luster is rich orange and gold. Pleasing soft luster remains throughout, but most intensely so on the reverse where more of the field area is protected by the design features. The obverse exhibits slight bulging at the lower left center, which became more intense as this die pairing aged, but the feature is very faint here. Fairly well centered overall. The obverse is a little low and to the left, with loss of the dentils on this side from the beginning of the date to the O of VERMONTENSIUM. Otherwise, the dentils are present, and utterly complete toward the upper right, where we see not just the usual sawtooth effect, but the back of each dentil as well, with a thin arc of unstruck metal beyond. The reverse centering is even better. A couple of tiny natural planchet voids are seen, but well positioned as to be of little aesthetic consequence. Some slight natural roughness that didn't fully strike out is noted between the CI of DECIMA and the central eye. There are three die varieties for the popular Landscape motif, and this one is one of the two scarcer ones, though opinions differ slightly as to whether this or the RR-8 is rarer. Either way, it is the quality that matters most here, as this is one of the finest examples we are aware of for the variety. The only one that seems comparable is the Eric Newman specimen, which literally seems a virtual twin in nearly every respect. That one, graded MS-62 by NGC, sold for $44,062.50 in May 2014. This example is a new one, having resided in a small collection for decades with a couple of other nice colonials but otherwise a quantity of fairly nondescript, pedestrian items. To the best of our knowledge, this is its first public appearance. It is truly remarkable that coins of this quality can still turn up quite "out of the woodwork," so to speak. PCGS# 545. Click here for certification details from PCGS.