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CSNS Signature US Coin Sale 1254 26-28 Apr 2017
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1796 25C B-1, R.4 -- Damage -- PCGS Genuine. VF Details. This is perhaps the most unusual counterstamped early quarter we have ever offered. The handwork that went into the piece is nothing short of amazing, with the margins of the coin -- both obverse and reverse -- effaced of all lettering as well as the date. The fields were smoothly dressed before the precise application of numerals starting with 0 in the 12 o'clock position, then regularly spaced counterclockwise 1 through 9 at the obverse perimeter. The style of the numerals suggest the counterstamping may have been done in the 1800 to 1820s period, with the "3" quite similar in appearance to that used on 1803 Large 3 Draped Bust dollars. Each number was lightly entered and then struck again, resulting in slight doubling of several digits, visible with a loupe. Our consignor reports that this coin is a "whist counter," and pedigrees to the Richard Burdick Collection.
HID02901242017
1796 25C B-1, R.4 -- Damage -- PCGS Genuine. VF Details. This is perhaps the most unusual counterstamped early quarter we have ever offered. The handwork that went into the piece is nothing short of amazing, with the margins of the coin -- both obverse and reverse -- effaced of all lettering as well as the date. The fields were smoothly dressed before the precise application of numerals starting with 0 in the 12 o'clock position, then regularly spaced counterclockwise 1 through 9 at the obverse perimeter. The style of the numerals suggest the counterstamping may have been done in the 1800 to 1820s period, with the "3" quite similar in appearance to that used on 1803 Large 3 Draped Bust dollars. Each number was lightly entered and then struck again, resulting in slight doubling of several digits, visible with a loupe. Our consignor reports that this coin is a "whist counter," and pedigrees to the Richard Burdick Collection.
HID02901242017