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For sale is an incredible piece of history, preserved: At over 650 years of age, this Venetian Ducat, still weighing a meaningful 3.37g, traces its pedigree as a Marco Corner gold Zecchino with its first provenance as a product of the Venice Mint sometime between 1365 & 68. This coin, referenced as a Fr.-1226, Paolucci-1, ornately depicts St. Mark standing right, presenting a banner to the kneeling Doge, left; Christ standing facing, holding gospels and raising hand in benediction, surrounded by mandorla and stars. This particular coin type is seldom offered due to its exceeding scarcity, particular in uncirculated or mint state grades; in fact, there is no evidence of ANY public offering of this coin in these grades. This specific piece's wear, in near gem uncirculated condition, leaves it as the finest-known across both PCGS & NGC, combined, bar just one single example. The specimen lustrously exudes its artifact to the beginnings of the European Renaissance to its own birth...
For sale is an incredible piece of history, preserved: At over 650 years of age, this Venetian Ducat, still weighing a meaningful 3.37g, traces its pedigree as a Marco Corner gold Zecchino with its first provenance as a product of the Venice Mint sometime between 1365 & 68. This coin, referenced as a Fr.-1226, Paolucci-1, ornately depicts St. Mark standing right, presenting a banner to the kneeling Doge, left; Christ standing facing, holding gospels and raising hand in benediction, surrounded by mandorla and stars. This particular coin type is seldom offered due to its exceeding scarcity, particular in uncirculated or mint state grades; in fact, there is no evidence of ANY public offering of this coin in these grades. This specific piece's wear, in near gem uncirculated condition, leaves it as the finest-known across both PCGS & NGC, combined, bar just one single example. The specimen lustrously exudes its artifact to the beginnings of the European Renaissance to its own birth...
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1864 Proof Two-Cent Piece (2C) - PCGS PF 63 in Old Green Holder (OGH), when PCGS was more conservative!! Note that this was a Civil War PROOF coin, not just uncirculated but struck by the U.S. Mint as a proof die instead of the typical business strikes used for normal circulation.
1864 Proof Two-Cent Piece (2C) - PCGS PF 63 in Old Green Holder (OGH), when PCGS was more conservative!! Note that this was a Civil War PROOF coin, not just uncirculated but struck by the U.S. Mint as a proof die instead of the typical business strikes used for normal circulation.
1864 Proof Two-Cent Piece (2C) - PCGS PF 63 in Old Green Holder (OGH), when PCGS was more conservative!! Note that this was a Civil War PROOF coin, not just uncirculated but struck by the U.S. Mint as a proof die instead of the typical business strikes used for normal circulation.
1864 Proof Two-Cent Piece (2C) - PCGS PF 63 in Old Green Holder (OGH), when PCGS was more conservative!! Note that this was a Civil War PROOF coin, not just uncirculated but struck by the U.S. Mint as a proof die instead of the typical business strikes used for normal circulation.
This spectacular coin radiates RAINBOW 🌈 colors on both sides! The all-natural toning resulting from 140+ years of age out of circulation makes this beauty a double-sided kaleidoscope of variegation. As a superb-gem uncirculated Morgan silver dollar (in Mint State 66!), its lustrous iridescence is intrinsically preserved within the effectively-untouched specimen. Double-sided toned gems like this are exceedingly rare and dearth in even the most incredible collections, as conventional thought on toning centers on a coin's innate reaction to exposure to natural environmental conditions over the course of decades in a natrually-"sheltered" manner such as the oxidation of silver originating on a silver coin at the end of a mint roll. But, being at the end of a mint roll necessarily requires that only one single side of the coin experience such a reaction as to produce the rainbow toning. It is as if this particular gem was immersed into air in a protected pocket without any handling!
Gorgeously-Toned 1794 Flowing Hair Half Disme / Half Dime (H10C) - PCGS XF The 1794 Flowing Hair Half Dismes (Dimes) were believed to be the very first silver coinage struck at the then-new Philadelphia Mint (with the 1,500 1792 counterparts produced in the neighboring saw-mill factory of John Harper) in the paltry total of a mere 7,756 pieces! Though this variation was dated 1794, consensus holds that these versions were not minted until early 1795. For a member of the very first silver coinage created in the Philadelphia Mint, this particular specimen'a even wear and centered strike would lead one to applaud the expert acumen of the initial U.S. Mint personnel. While PCGS notes a small obverse abrasion beneath Ms. Liberty's chin limiting to grade to "Details," the scratch likely originated 200+ years ago and has long faded into the piece's overall complexion; this specimen is an otherwise-dazzling example of multicolored toning's finest natural aging. (The other negligible imperfections represent "adjustment marks" made by Mint personnel to adjust the weight of the planchet to match specifications, along with some minor, also-mint-made die striations, neither of which are not considered distracting marks in grading.) Both sides of the patina are predominately lavender-grey, though the obverse is accented by vibrant colorful iridescence at the borders. Finally, this piece's pedigree clearly aligns with that of the LM-4 variety, as there are, indeed, three (3) berries in the eagle's left (facing) talons, signifying a positive result for this variety's most straightforward telltale diagnostic. Given this example's ravishing eye appeal, it wouldn't be a stretch to presume that a cross-submission or a regrade may land this specimen in a full Extra Fine (XF) to Almost Uncirculated (AU) slab, rocketing the coin's value to well over $10k - for those of us who prefer to buy the holder over the coin. For the rest of us, you won't find a prettier example of this coveted early issue for anywhere near this price. https://www.pcgs.com/cert/40519413 PCGS #4250 | NGC ID: 22ZT
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