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Sale 4
The Dr. Jon Kardatzke Coin and Currency Collection, Part 1
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Lot 51 |
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(c.1783) Washington Token Double Head Cent. Fine-15. Some tiny edge nicks in a cluster and a long pin scratch. Medium brown.
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$46 |
Lot 52 |
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1791 Washington Token Cent. Large eagle. Fine-15. Perfect surfaces and edges. Darkish steel brown.
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$276 |
Lot 53 |
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1793 Washington Token Halfpenny. Ship reverse, lettered edge. VF-25. With a tiny planchet clip. Medium dark steel brown surfaces that show under magnification some minuscule abrasions.
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$322 |
Lot 54 |
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1793 Washington Token Halfpenny. Ship reverse, lettered edge. VF-20. With shallow planchet defects opposite the mouth and thin line-like laminations on the lower obverse. Five points sharper but two scratches behind the head, several tiny dents on WAS and two reverse edge dents. Darkish steel brown.
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$173 |
Lot 55 |
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1795 Washington "Liberty and Security" Token Halfpenny. "LONDON" edge. EF-45. With blunt striking on much of the portrait and in the area of the eagle. A small nick opposite the end of the nose in the only defect worth mentioning. Medium dark chocolate brown.
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$552 |
Lot 56 |
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Pewter Washington Funeral Medal. Fine-12. A companion piece for the silver Washington Funeral Medal in this sale. Sharpness of VF-30 but through O of GLORY is a shallow gouge and on both sides are handling marks in the form of tiny nicks and thin scratches.
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$529 |
Lot 57 |
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1799 Washington Funeral Medal. Good-6. A clean example of this popular medal with a portion of the wreath and the tops of some letters on the reverse worn smooth.
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$661 |
Lot 58 |
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1787 Fugio Cent. Pointed rays, no cinquefoils, "STATES UNITED". EF-45. With blunt striking on the left obverse nearly obliterating FUGIO and the two stars and on the left reverse obliterating a portion of four chains. Ten points sharper but on the reverse is a patch of dark red coloring where some corrosion was mostly removed. Medium dark chocolate brown with a darker area of the upper reverse.
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$840 |
Lot 59 |
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1787 Fugio Cent. Club rays, concave ends, "UNITED STATES". VG-8. Cleaned and retoned to a medium light steel tan color.
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$311 |
Lot 60 |
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1787 Fugio Cent. New Haven "Restrike" in Copper. AU-50. Well struck and centered as always. Medium brown.
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$368 |
Lot 61 |
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Important 1792 Silver Half Disme. NGC graded EF-40. One of the classic rarities of the early pattern issues, this Half Disme is actually one of the more available issues. Mintages are thought to have been between 1500 and 2000 pieces. Research has shown that George Washington himself gave some of his silverware to be melted for these and he may have actually distributed them to friends as examples of possible coinage. Small change was in desperate demand at the time and the issue of coinage was one of the first challenges addressed by the evolving United States government.
Excellent color on both sides with deep gray hues throughout, well struck too, with full lettering and device detail on both sides. Moderate wear on Liberty, with her upper curls showing light wear, similar on the reverse with the breast feathers worn off the eagle. Usually found in low grades, or poorly struck, this high grade well struck piece should excite the advanced numismatist. Worthy of a superb collection.
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$34,500 |
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