1787 Fugio 1C Newman 6-W, BN MS(PCGS#878077)

August 2023 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

8448

等级

AU50

价格

15,729

详细说明

High End Newman 6-W - The Newman (2008) Plate Coin 1787 Fugio Cent. Pointed Rays. Newman 6-W, W-6730. Rarity-3. STATES UNITED, 4 Cinquefoils. AU-50 (PCGS). 169.8 grains. Just two attributed examples of Newman 6-W are graded at the AU-50 level by PCGS, this one and the Star of Texas Collection example we sold in our Spring 2022 Baltimore Auction. That one was more lustrous than this example but some natural planchet roughness weakened the central designs on both sides, while this one is more worn but better struck overall, with some minor planchet flaking around the 9 o'clock position of both sides. Surfaces are glossy and steely brown in hue, with some underlying copper tones at the borders of the devices and legends. No fully Mint State examples of Newman 6-W are even rumored to exist, a reminder that even for a common variety like Newman 6-W, a nice AU like this one is about the best even an advanced collector is likely to get. The grand majority of surviving Fugios from most varieties served time in commerce and generally range from heavily to lightly circulated. By contrast, most Mint State Fugio cents in private hands trace their origins to the Bank of New York Hoard that is concentrated in just a small handful of varieties: 8-B, 8-X, 11-B, 11-X, 12-X, and 13-X, with a negligible number of 9-P, 9-S, and 11-A as of a 1948 accounting; these are but nine out of 62 known die combinations of Fugio cents where the survival of Mint State coins is more probable. This is the plate coin for both the die variety and the A/B die state in the 2008 update to the Newman reference. Provenance: From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Anthony Terranova; Donald Scarinci Collection, November 2010. To view supplemental information and all items from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, click here. PCGS# 878077. 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.