(c.1824) 1C GW-112-C5 var on Mex 1807 Real Washington-Lafayette MS(PCGS#694271)
(c.1824) 1C GW-112-C5 var on Mex 1807 Real Washington-Lafayette MS (PCGS#694271)
November 2019 Baltimore Colonial Coins and Americana Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 85
- 等级
- FR2
- 价格
- 2,695
- 详细说明
- 1824 Washington and Lafayette countermarks on an 1807 Mexican Real. Musante GW-112-C5, var., Baker-198F. Fair-2 (PCGS). Lovely medium gray silver with bold accents of pale blue and rose. Worn, with little remaining of the countermarks beyond the portraits and a ghostly remnant of the Washington die legend, but undamaged and handsome, all things considered. An unusual host for these prized countermarks that are virtually always seen on United States large cents, and to a far lesser frequency, other U.S. denominations. A single example on a Mexican real was reported in the Rulau-Fuld revision of Baker, noted as having the date worn off. Notwithstanding, that reference is likely to this example which was known to Stephen Tanenbaum and owned by Q. David Bowers at the time the revision was being worked on by Russell Rulau. Both Tanenbaum and Bowers were contributors to the updated version of that standard reference. We do not recall having seen another example, so this piece might well be unique on this particular host, though the mark is also reported on a 2 real. Provenance: From the Q. David Bowers Collection. Purchased from Rossa and Tanenbaum, August 1985. Click here for certification details from PCGS.