Heritage World Coin Auctions
ANA Signature US Coin Sale 1258 2-6 Aug 2017
View prices realized
► Sale information
Find similar lots
Colonials
(Undated) SHILNG Good Samaritan/Oak Tree Silver Mule, Wyatt Copy, W-14092, MS63 PCGS. Essentially as struck, with golden-gray toning; a couple of dark spots on both sides do not detract. The obverse die break found on all known examples is visible from above the second A of MASATHVSETS through the dot to the left of 6 o'clock. This is a muling struck in or before 1863 by Edwin Bishop using copy dies created by Thomas Wyatt. Wyatt produced counterfeits of a number of Massachusetts silver coins in 1856, becoming the first forger to deliberately prey on the nascent American collector market. His Good Samaritan shilling was made at a time when the piece was thought to be a legitimate Massachusetts issue.
Ex: Stack's (5/1998), lot 47, flip included.
HID02901242017
(Undated) SHILNG Good Samaritan/Oak Tree Silver Mule, Wyatt Copy, W-14092, MS63 PCGS. Essentially as struck, with golden-gray toning; a couple of dark spots on both sides do not detract. The obverse die break found on all known examples is visible from above the second A of MASATHVSETS through the dot to the left of 6 o'clock. This is a muling struck in or before 1863 by Edwin Bishop using copy dies created by Thomas Wyatt. Wyatt produced counterfeits of a number of Massachusetts silver coins in 1856, becoming the first forger to deliberately prey on the nascent American collector market. His Good Samaritan shilling was made at a time when the piece was thought to be a legitimate Massachusetts issue.
Ex: Stack's (5/1998), lot 47, flip included.
HID02901242017