Stack's Bowers Galleries

November 2020 Auction  –  11 - 14 November 2020

Stack's Bowers Galleries, November 2020 Auction

Live Sessions: US Coins and Banknotes

Part 1: We, 11.11.2020, from 12:00 AM CET
Part 2: We, 11.11.2020, from 6:00 PM CET
Part 3: We, 11.11.2020, from 11:00 PM CET
Part 4: Th, 12.11.2020, from 7:00 PM CET
Part 5: Th, 12.11.2020, from 11:00 PM CET
Part 6: Fr, 13.11.2020, from 12:00 AM CET
Part 7: Fr, 13.11.2020, from 7:00 PM CET
Part 8: Sa, 14.11.2020, from 1:00 AM CET
The auction is closed.

Description

Washingtoniana
Undated (ca. 1960s) George Washington countermark on an 1811 Devon Penny Token. Musante GW-Unlisted, Baker-1058, var. Copper. Engrailed edge. VG-8 (PCGS).
29.6 mm. (host); 7.5 mm. (countermark). 347.3 grains. Glossy light steel brown with areas of deeper patina in places. Well impressed into the host, as usual. According to Michael Hodder, writing in Part II of our sales of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, these countermarks were produced in January 1962 by Paul Franklin, Sr., who gave examples to John Ford and Robert Bashlow. Leon Hendrickson and Dr. Irving Schuster were identified in the Rulau-Fuld revision as owning examples on 1797 British coppers, like the Ford specimen, while George Fuld had one on a 1790-dated eight escudos. Fuld attributed the date of production as “1959-1960,” but the more precise date given by Hodder was likely from Ford’s own meticulous notes, and is probably accurate.
PCGS# 826592.
From the E Pluribus Unum Collection.
Estimate: $250

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Price realized 240 USD
Starting price 1 USD
Estimate 250 USD
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