Stack's Bowers Galleries

August 2024 Global Showcase Auction  –  12 - 23 August 2024

Stack's Bowers Galleries, August 2024 Global Showcase Auction

Ancient and World Coins and Currency

Part A: Mo, 12.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part B: Mo, 12.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part C: Mo, 12.08.2024, from 10:00 PM CEST
Part 1: Tu, 13.08.2024, from 1:00 AM CEST
Part 2: Tu, 13.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 3: Tu, 13.08.2024, from 10:00 PM CEST
Part D: We, 14.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 4: We, 14.08.2024, from 9:00 PM CEST
Part 5: Th, 15.08.2024, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part E: Fr, 16.08.2024, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part 6: Fr, 16.08.2024, from 9:00 PM CEST
Part 7: Sa, 17.08.2024, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part F: Sa, 17.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 8: Mo, 19.08.2024, from 7:00 PM CEST
Part G: Tu, 20.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 9: Tu, 20.08.2024, from 7:00 PM CEST
Part H: Tu, 20.08.2024, from 8:00 PM CEST
Part 10: We, 21.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part I: We, 21.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 11: Th, 22.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part J: Th, 22.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part K: Fr, 23.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 12: Fr, 23.08.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
The auction is closed.

Description

1787 Fugio Cent. Pointed Rays. Newman 15-Y, W-6915. Rarity-2. STATES UNITED, 8 Pointed Star on Label. EF-45 (PCGS).
142.6 grains. Really a lovely example of this eagerly sought Newman number, both sides exhibit a tinge of olive on otherwise warm golden-brown surfaces. Both sides are smooth and hard with neither significant planchet flaws nor distracting post-production marks. The strike is nicely centered, just a bit tight to 10 o'clock on the reverse, with virtually all major design elements sharp for the grade. On the reverse label, the upper star is crisp, lower one faint, yet partially discernible. Finer than the better Boyd-Ford piece and arguably a candidate for high Condition Census. No fully Mint State specimens of Newman 15-Y are known, just a few nice AU coins and a handful of choice EFs. This deserves to be counted among their number and should easily find a place in another advanced collection.
PCGS# 878505. BASE PCGS# 898. NGC ID: 2B8K.
From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Lawrence R. Stack Collection, November 3, 2006.

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Price realized 3'000 USD
Starting price 1 USD
Estimate 4'250 USD
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