"1737" 3P Higley, Copper Bolen Copy, BN MS(PCGS#535242)
"1737" 3P Higley, Copper Bolen Copy, BN MS (PCGS#535242)
November 2021 Baltimore U.S. Coins auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 10200
- 等级
- MS66+BN
- 价格
- 12,233
- 详细说明
- Lovely Gem Higley Copy in Copper “1737” (ca. 1864) Higley Copy by J.A. Bolen. Musante JAB-10. Copper. MS-66+ BN (PCGS). 28.1 mm. 154.5 grains. A superb piece with generous faded red on both sides complemented by soft bluish steel toning. Highly lustrous, sharply struck and immensely attractive. One tiny spot is neatly hidden within the lower right hammer. Beautifully preserved otherwise. It is believed that Bolen struck 40 examples in copper, as evidenced by the one in the ANS collection that is so marked on the edge. Dr. Edwards probably also struck a few, but it is unknown how to decipher them. This is rather neatly made, struck from the uncanceled dies, in a collar, whereas two pieces offered later in this sale are a bit less refined in appearance and broader. The large number of Higleys offered here should not be taken to suggest they are common. They were favored by the collector of the E Pluribus Unumholdings, and they gravitated toward his cabinet over the years. Missing from our January 2011 offering of the Q. David Bowers Collection in any composition and one of the classics of Bolen's series. Provenance: From the E Pluribus Unum Collection. Earlier ex New Netherlands Coin Company; John J. Ford, Jr., our sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part XIV, May 2006, lot 574.