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Long Beach Signature Sale 3042 17-18 Sep 2015
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Republic nickel Pattern 400 Reis 1899 MS61 NGC, Rio de Janeiro mint, KM-Pn178, Russo-E190, Bentes-E74.01. Brilliant Mint State and choice for the assigned grade with highly lustrous surfaces and a few scattered surface contact marks defining the designation. A commanding example of this very rare pattern with a fine pedigree, with the handful of others seen by the cataloguer all impaired to some degree. The only other noted example offered publicly, a much lesser specimen graded Extremely Fine and with rather obvious surface handling marks hammered for $2,700 in Stack's Bowers NYINC 2012 auction (Stack's Bowers and Ponterio 1/2012, lot 2081).Ex. Norweb Collection (Spink America 3/1997, lot 1206)
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD
Republic nickel Pattern 400 Reis 1899 MS61 NGC, Rio de Janeiro mint, KM-Pn178, Russo-E190, Bentes-E74.01. Brilliant Mint State and choice for the assigned grade with highly lustrous surfaces and a few scattered surface contact marks defining the designation. A commanding example of this very rare pattern with a fine pedigree, with the handful of others seen by the cataloguer all impaired to some degree. The only other noted example offered publicly, a much lesser specimen graded Extremely Fine and with rather obvious surface handling marks hammered for $2,700 in Stack's Bowers NYINC 2012 auction (Stack's Bowers and Ponterio 1/2012, lot 2081).Ex. Norweb Collection (Spink America 3/1997, lot 1206)
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD