Lot 1757
1915-S Panama-Pacific Gold $2.50. NGC graded MS-65. A well struck frosty mint gem. The 1915-S Panama-Pacific Exposition was held at a time in our history when the art world was casting aside the constraints of its previous Victorian ways. Many new devices were being tested on America's coinage: matte proofing, rims without denticles, artistic lettering, textured fields, and the like. As can be seen, the coins struck for this expo, such as this handsome gem BU Quarter Eagle, incorporate some of these changes. Instead of a more traditional design, the artist proposed an unusual motif of Columbia seated on a mythological hippocampus, half-horse, half-sea serpent. The eagle, too, was rendered in a new style not seen before on an American production coin. It was modeled upon a similar eagle from one of the rare Pattern issues.
Estimated Value $5,000 - 5,500.
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| Realized $5,750 |
