1785 ImmCol George III Copper Pattern, BN MS (PCGS#835)
The March 2013 Baltimore Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 309
- 等级
- VF20
- 价格
- 146,655
- 详细说明
- 1785 Immune Columbia Piece. Vlack 15-85NY, W-1995. Rarity-5+. George III Obverse. VF-20 (PCGS). 86.42 grains. Graded "Very Good" by Tom Elder, "Probably Unc" by Ted Craige, "VF-20" by PCGS, your cataloger would grade this piece something on the order of Choice Extremely Fine. It is a superb example of this very rare muling produced by Machin's Mills, one of perhaps just north of a dozen known. This variety is typified by pieces with minimal sharpness and alarming planchet flaws, but this coin is quite the opposite. The surfaces are lovely light brown, a bit darker on the lightly worn high points, smooth and glossy everywhere but the central reverse where the natural planchet texture was not sufficiently obliterated. A fine planchet crack is present on the reverse from 9 o'clock towards center. A good glass reveals hints of lustrous frost around portions of the obverse legend, which underlines the superlative technical grade of this piece and makes Mr. Craige's grade contention seem sensible. The detail in the hair of the obverse portrait is far finer than normally encountered; the denticles at the base of the obverse are also well-detailed. A little scuff on the rim atop C of COLUMBIA is the only post-striking defect worth noting, and this piece has choice eye appeal on the whole. Only two nice examples of this variety have been offered at auction in the last 15 years: the Ford coin, which was underappreciated at $29,900, and the Laird Park example which resold in the 2002 Bowers and Merena sale of the Logan and Steinberg Collections. This variety is one of the outstanding rarities in the Machin's Mills circulating counterfeit halfpenny series, but also stands at the busy intersection of the Nova Constellatio, Vermont, and Immune Columbia series. Most advanced collectors lack one of these, due to the extremely rarity of the type and the supreme ugliness of typical examples. This one will undoubtedly reside in a place of honor in a sophisticated cabinet. It
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