1823 1C Private Restrike Silver MS(PCGS#402638)

February 2020 Pre-Long Beach U.S. & World Coin Auction #115

拍卖行

Goldberg Auctioneers

批号

164

等级

MS62

价格

99,995

详细说明

Lot 164 1823 Private Restrike in Silver. PCGS graded MS-62.Frosty light bluish steel gray with lighter silvery steel toning in the centers. The only notable mark is a short struck-through line at the left top of star 12 (caused by a piece of wire or similar item on the die). This same struck-through line is present on the Ted Naftzger silver example that is in the exact same die state, so more than a single example was struck in silver while the dies were in this condition (see our sale of the Naftzger middle date large cents, 2/1/2009:148, $19,550). The outer edge of the long cud break at stars 4-7 has been lightly smoothed, most likely accomplished immediately following the striking and before delivery to the first owner. M-LDS with most but not all of the die cracks of the late state. The arcing crack on the reverse through the D in UNITED does not reach the R in AMERICA, and the final crack down between the T & E in STATES is not present. Approximately a dozen are reported to have been struck in silver, and only a half dozen or so of those are accounted for today. Breen says these silver restrikes were made in 1879 for John W. Haseltine and possibly later for Stephen K. Nagy. However the die state on this piece suggests that at least this silver example and the aforementioned Naftzger piece were struck well before the final run of copper strikes. The other silver strikes known to us are from the late state of the dies with all the known die cracks. Our grade is MS60. Noyes photo #35237. The attribution and Doug Bird Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; 2 finer in 63.(PCGS # 402638) Value $15,000 - UP Ex (possibly the James O. Sloss Collection)-Bowers & Merena 3/6/1997:156 (as MS63)-Douglas F. Bird Collection (lot ticket included).