1795 1/2D Liberty and Security Asylum Edge, GW-48, BN MS(PCGS#761)

Winter 2022 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

2046

等级

MS64BN

价格

20,339

详细说明

Scarce 1795 Liberty and Security Halfpenny ASYLUM Edge; Ex Norweb 1795 Liberty and Security Halfpenny. Musante GW-48, Baker-31A, Breen-1263. Copper. Lettered edge, AN ASYLUM FOR THE OPPRESSED OF ALL NATIONS. MS-64 BN (PCGS). 29.0 mm. 138.8 grains. Glossy chocolate brown with a few flecks of faded tan in the right obverse field. Slightly prooflike, with nice eye appeal. Some striking weakness at the centers but major elements are mostly clear, save for a few of the shield stripes. Nicely centered and evenly struck otherwise. A couple of fine planchet lines that didn't strike out are noted through the shield, and a small void in the left shield easily identifies this as the Norweb specimen. As we wrote in that November 2006 sale, "Fuld estimated 'about 15 specimens known' in his 1995 monograph, while Breen enumerated 12 different examples in New Netherlands 60th sale." Since that time, we have had a few offerings, suggesting that the number known may have increased a bit, but some are quite rough, and this remains among the nicer we have seen. This edge type was lacking from both the extensive Jack Collins fixed price list and the 1996 Stack's auction of the Collins collection. Gilbert Steinberg's was EF+ and Garrett's was VF+, which helps put this one into perspective. Provenance: From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex the Virgil M. Brand Collection; B. Max Mehl, on January 11, 1937 for $50; our (Stack's) sale of the Norweb Collection, November 2006, lot 2038. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.