Lot 74
1783 Washington Token. Silver restrike. PCGS graded Proof 67. This is far and away the finest graded Proof example of this issue seen by PCGS or anyone else for that matter. Only 13 have been graded in all, and this is alone as PR 67. The next coin seen in the PCGS Population Report is PR 65, and that is alone in that grade. At a glance one can see why, the surfaces are superb, the fields deeply mirrored and the devices piled high with drifting frost.
A coin dealer named W. J. Taylor purchased the scrap metal from the Soho Mint in 1848, and found device punches and working dies. In a few years he struck some of these in copper and silver, which have very popular with collectors ever since the 1860s. This is certainly the finest known, it would be hard to conceive of a coin grading higher or being more beautiful than the one now offered. If you demand the finest for your colonial collection, then buy this gorgeous example and never worry about upgrading.
Estimated Value $3,500-UP.
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| Realized $3,680 |
