August 2023 Global Showcase Auction – 14 - 21 August 2023
Live Sessions: Ancient and World Coins, Currency
Part B: Tu, 15.08.2023, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part D: Tu, 15.08.2023, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 2: Tu, 15.08.2023, from 9:00 PM CEST
Part C: Tu, 15.08.2023, from 10:00 PM CEST
Part 3: We, 16.08.2023, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part 4: We, 16.08.2023, from 7:00 PM CEST
Part 5: We, 16.08.2023, from 10:00 PM CEST
Part 6: Th, 17.08.2023, from 12:00 AM CEST
Part E: Th, 17.08.2023, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 7: Th, 17.08.2023, from 8:00 PM CEST
Part 8: Fr, 18.08.2023, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part 9: Sa, 19.08.2023, from 1:00 AM CEST
Part 10: Sa, 19.08.2023, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part F: Mo, 21.08.2023, from 4:00 PM CEST
Description
1787 Vermont Copper. RR-13, Bressett 17-V, W-2255. Rarity-1. BRITANNIA—Double Struck. Fine Details--Damage (PCGS).
102.9 grains. Glossy and hard, dark brown surfaces are worn to light tan on the high points of the devices. A dull blow to Britannia's head has distended the coin toward the obverse at that point. Double struck, the first strike was on-center, the second was about 15% off-center toward 9 o'clock. Several very similarly oriented double struck RR-13s are known (see the two 2015 Partrick coins and the November 2020 E Pluribus Unum coin, for example), pointing to some repeating malfunction of the feeding or ejection mechanisms of the press at Machin's Mills.
PCGS# 800830.
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From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Mike Wierzba, March 2018.
Estimate: $650
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Bidding
| Price realized | 1'000 USD |
| Starting price | 1 USD |
| Estimate | 650 USD |
