"1737" AR 3P JAB-10 Higley, Bolen Copy MS (PCGS#535246)
June 2020 U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 252
- 等级
- MS64
- 价格
- 16,105
- 详细说明
- "1737" (1860s) Higley Copper. Bolen Copy. Musante JAB-10, Kenney-4, W-14285. THE VALVE OF THREE PENCE / CONNECTICVT, 3 Hammers. Silver. MS-64 (PCGS).
This richly original example exhibits powder blue and mauve undertones, dominant pewter gray patina, and splashes of bolder steel-olive at the peripheries. It is a bit softly defined along the lower obverse and upper reverse borders, yet sharper elsewhere, Full satin to softly frosted luster is also of note. According to Neil Musante (The Medallic Works of John Adams Bolen, 2002), just two examples of this type were struck in silver by Bolen, but the dies were sold by him to Dr. Frank Smith Edwards shortly after they were cut in 1864. Although it is believed that Edwards made some additional impressions, the number appears to have been limited as these are still very rare in silver. In his cataloging for our (Stack's) Ford XIV Sale, Michael Hodder knew of four examples in this metal, and Ford owned three. A fourth appeared in several of our sales from 2014 to 2020, and the present near-Gem is a fifth. An intriguing and elusive type that is always in demand among specialists.
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