1787 CT 1/2P Mail Bust Left, CONNECT, BN MS(PCGS#367)

August 2023 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

8267

等级

MS62BN

价格

33,205

详细说明

Dr. Hall's Mint State Miller 15-F 1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 15-F, W-2900. Rarity-3. Mailed Bust Left. CONNECT. MS-62 BN (PCGS). A bit satiny and generously lustrous on both sides with light steely brown color broken only by glowing vestiges of faded red in some of the most protected recesses. A few scattered pits are related to the naturally flawed planchet and should not be mistaken for any failure of preservation. A larger flaw is noted on the reverse near 9 o'clock, all but obscuring the E of INDE. Fairly well centered with only the obverse shifted slightly left, crowding the leftmost letters of the legend. Sharp and very attractive. This was in Dr. Thomas Hall's collection and features his white painted attribution on the edge. It has been in few collections since (listed below), and Syd acquired it when the long-held Partrick Collection was sold in 2020. This is the Breen Encyclopedia plate coin and certainly among the finest of the survivors. It was the best of three in the Partrick Collection (though NGC graded two of the coins the same), and it is better preserved than the lovely Newman coin. The Canfield coin at the ANS seem to be the sharpest in terms of strike and detail, but it has a rather "AU" appearance in the ANS photographs. If the ANS coin is richly lustrous, it is probably the finest, with this close behind it. Provenance: From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Dr. Thomas Hall; Virgil M. Brand; New Netherlands 51st Sale, June 1958, lot 89; Jon Hanson, July 2003; Donald G. Partrick; Heritage's sale of November 2020, lot 44124. To view supplemental information and all items from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, click here. PCGS# 367. NGC ID: 2B2U. Click here for certification details from NGC. Additional image by NGC Photo Vision. Learn more at NGCcoin.com