1787 Fugio 1C 4 Cinq, Raised Rims, BN MS(PCGS#895)
1787 Fugio 1C 4 Cinq, Raised Rims, BN MS (PCGS#895)
May 2019 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 3276
- 等级
- AU50BN
- 价格
- 36,482
- 详细说明
- High Grade Newman 19-Z Fugio Copper with Raised Rims Reverse The Parsons-Craige Specimen 1787 Fugio Copper. Pointed Rays. Newman 19-Z, W-6975. Rarity-5. TATES UNITED, Label With Raised Rims, Large Letters in WE ARE ONE. AU-50 (PCGS). 152.78 grains. Lovely glossy medium brown with some light reverse woodgraining. An exceptional specimen of this distinctive and scarce variety, a strong candidate for the Condition Census. Some trivial planchet chips are visible in the obverse fields, very minor natural planchet granularity at right reverse periphery, no significant planchet flaws or post-striking defects. Exceptionally well struck from centers to peripheries on both sides. A tiny rim clip right of 12 o'clock is hidden by the slab prongs. A couple of choice AU examples are known, including the Archangel specimen that realized $12,000 in our October 2018 Baltimore Auction; Ford's beautiful example appears to be the only real Mint State coin, and it realized $20,700 in our (Stack's) October 2003 Ford I Sale. This example is finer than most that have been offered through auction in recent memory. It was off the market for 99 years prior to our 2013 offering; it hammered for $3 in 1914. Provenance: From Henry Chapman's sale of the Hon. George M. Parsons Collection, June 1914, lot 1754; our sale of the Ted L. Craige Collection, January 2013 Americana Sale, lot 11614. PCGS# 895. NGC ID: B7VH. Click here for certification details from PCGS.