1901 Lesher$ HK-791, Imprint Type MS(PCGS#19005)
1901 Lesher$ HK-791, Imprint Type MS (PCGS#19005)
August 2021 ANA U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 5130
- 等级
- MS61
- 价格
- 20,213
- 详细说明
- 1901 Lesher or Referendum Dollar. Imprint Type. HK-791, Zerbe-5. Rarity-6. Silver. No. 1044. MS-61 (PCGS). Satiny surfaces reveal plenty of luster, as well as subtle golden-blue undertones to dominant steel-gray toning. A sharply struck piece with the number neatly entered on the line at the base of the obverse. These Referendum dollars were produced by Joseph W. Lesher, an Ohio native who became a Colorado silver camp worker, mine owner, real estate investor and, by the turn of the 20th century, an advocate of greater use of silver. He is credited with the designs of these pieces, all of which were struck by a private firm in Denver. The Imprint Type, offered here, was intended for distribution through merchants, who would acquire the pieces for 80 to 85 cents each and then either stamp or engrave their firm's name in the blank space on the obverse, or have the dollars stamped to order. HK-791, however, is the Imprint Type without the addition of a merchant's name. Rare, the lesherdollars.comwebsite accounts for only 43 examples of this HK number, the present example included in the Adna Wilde Lesher Census published therein. Provenance: Ex R. Chow. 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.