1826 SC$1 HK-1 Erie Canal, White Metal MS(PCGS#642001)
1826 SC$1 HK-1 Erie Canal, White Metal MS (PCGS#642001)
Winter 2022 U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 3051
- 等级
- AU58
- 价格
- 6,780
- 详细说明
- 1826 Erie Canal Completion Medal. HK-1. Rarity-6. White Metal. AU-58 (PCGS). 45 mm. The first entry in the so-called dollar reference. This rare and historic piece notes the opening of the Erie Canal, regarded at the time as the "greatest engineering feat of modern times". It allowed goods to be transported between Albany and Buffalo at 1/20 the original cost and in less than 1/7 of the former time, essentially opening up the West to profitable agriculture, and ensuring that New York City would surpass Philadelphia as the primary seaport in the United States. This very choice specimen boasts considerable reflectivity, especially in the protected areas around the designs and legends. There are none of those areas of "tin pest" so prevalent on medals of this composition. No edge nicks or bumps, and no significant scratches or abrasions. A premium piece! Provenance: From our sale of the Collections of The Strong, Rochester, New York, sold to benefit the museum's collections fund, originally collected by John Charles Woodbury (1859-1937), March 2016 Baltimore Auction, lot 12067. Click here for certification details from PCGS.