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Categories • Stack's May 2006 → The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection: Part 14 → Struck Copies of Colonial and Early Federal Coins → John Bolen's Copies |
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Lot # |
Description |
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Hammer Price |
| 558 |
Bar Cent. K.1, Musante JAB-2. Silver. Choice Uncirculated
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CH UNC |
$6,500.00
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83.9 gns. Toned. Obverse off center. John Adams Bolen of Springfield, Massachusetts was the most widely known and prolific engraver of struck copies. Prominent and respected among numismatists of his day, his die sinking work was superb. Bolen expressed regret at having made the copies, writing ''I have been informed that they have been worn or rubbed and made to look old, then sold... more |
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| 559 |
Bar Cent. K.1, M.JAB-2
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CH UNC |
$2,000.00
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Copper. Choice Uncirculated. 81.2 gns. Traces of mint red. |
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| 560 |
Bar Cent. K.1, M.JAB-2
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EF |
$290.00
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Copper. Extremely Fine. 80.8 gns. |
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| 561 |
Bar Cent. K.1, M.JAB-2
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EF |
$160.00
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Copper. Extremely Fine. 80.0 gns. |
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| 562 |
Bar Cent. K.1, M.JAB-2. Brass. Uncirculated
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UNC |
$3,500.00
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111.5 gns. Spotty. Possibly unique. Woodward wrote in his sale of April 28, 1863 that he instructed George H. Lovett to strike only one each in nickel, brass and tin. Those three pieces were purchased by Charles I. Bushnell and sold as Lots 1162-1164 in the Chapmans' Bushnell sale (1882). This brass piece may (or may not be) the Bushnell specimen. |
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| 563 |
Confederatio Copper. Large Circle. K.2, M.JAB-7. Silver. Uncirculated
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UNC |
$7,000.00
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153.9 gns. Deeply toned in russet and pale gold over light gray. Overstruck on a type that has not yielded to the cataloguer. Extremely rare: one of just two said to have been struck in silver (see next lot for the other one). From the undefaced dies. Bolen placed a secret mark on each of his creations, in this case, a dot in the 'Y' of TYRANNIS. One wonders why he thought it necessary... more |
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| 564 |
Confederatio Copper. Large Circle. K.2, M.JAB-7. Silver. Uncirculated
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UNC |
$7,000.00
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163.3 gns. Medium silver gray in color with traces of pale iridescence. Not overstruck. Extremely rare as noted and the second of just two said to have been struck in silver (see previous lot for the other one). From the defaced dies. |
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| 565 |
Confederatio Copper. Large Circle. K.2, M.JAB-7. Copper. Choice Uncirculated
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CH UNC |
$1,300.00
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150.9 gns. Red and brown. Undefaced dies. Mintage supposedly 40. |
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| 566 |
Confederatio Copper. Large Circle. K.2, M.JAB-7. Copper. Uncirculated
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UNC |
$275.00
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147.2 gns. Some red shows. Undefaced dies. Mintage supposedly 40. |
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| 567 |
Confederatio Copper. Small Circle. K.3, M.JAB-8. Copper. Choice Uncirculated
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CH UNC |
$1,250.00
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150.0 gns. Red and brown. About 40 struck. |
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| 568 |
Confederatio Copper. Small Circle. K.3, M.JAB-8. Copper. Uncirculated
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UNC |
$500.00
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144.1 gns. Some red shows. Verdigris spot on the obverse. |
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| 569 |
Higley Copper. K.4, M.JAB-10. Silver. Uncirculated
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UNC |
$2,200.00
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129.9 gns. Medium gray toning. Old finger spot. Not overstruck. Undefaced dies. Bolen's secret mark is in the 'C' of PENCE. Bolen is said to have struck 2 in silver and 40 in copper but when the dies were sold to Dr. F.S. Edwards an unknown number of restrikes in various metals were made. A German silver example was offered in our 2001 Americana Sale as Lot 258. |
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| 570 |
Higley Copper. K.4, M.JAB-10. Silver. Uncirculated
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UNC |
$1,400.00
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125.2 gns. Deeper gray toning on the front, lighter russet on the back. Not overstruck. Undefaced dies. |
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| 571 |
Higley Copper. K.4, M.JAB-10. Silver. Uncirculated
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UNC |
$2,600.00
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96.0 gns. Wide flan. Medium gray and russet toning. Marks in the centers on both sides suggest this was overstruck on a host and might have been an Edwards restrike. Undefaced dies. |
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| 572 |
Higley Copper. K.4, M.JAB-10. Copper. Choice Uncirculated
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CH UNC |
$1,500.00
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172.4 gns. Red and brown. Undefaced dies. |
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| 573 |
Higley Copper. K.4, M.JAB-10. Copper. Choice Uncirculated
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CH UNC |
$350.00
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148.9 gns. Red and brown. Undefaced dies. Struck on a wider flan than the others in this collection. |
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| 574 |
Higley Copper. K.4, M.JAB-10. Copper. Choice Uncirculated
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CH UNC |
$250.00
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154.3 gns. Some red remains. Old fingerspot. Undefaced dies. This is the commonest of all the Bolen copies. |
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| 575 |
Higley Copper. K.4, M.JAB-10. Copper. Uncirculated
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UNC |
$225.00
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147.1 gns. Brown. Spotty. Undefaced dies. |
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| 576 |
Higley Copper. K.4, M.JAB-10. Copper
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AU |
$250.00
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About Uncirculated. 169.6 gns. Ruddy brown. Struck over a 1773 Louis XV Sol, host's date visible on the rim above the deer. Undefaced dies. Probably an Edwards restrike. |
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| 577 |
Higley Copper. K.4, M.JAB-10. Brass. Choice Uncirculated
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CH UNC |
$800.00
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130.9 gns. Nice, fiery brassy gold. Somewhat off-center. Probably an Edwards restrike as Bolen did not report making any in brass. Undefaced dies. |
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| 578 |
Higley Copper. K.4, M.JAB-10. Brass. Choice Uncirculated
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CH UNC |
$350.00
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143.5 gns. Full lustre. Minor spot. Undefaced dies. |
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| 579 |
Higley Copper. K.4, M.JAB-10. Brass
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AU |
$200.00
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About Uncirculated. 133.2 gns. Deep golden brown. Undefaced dies. |
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| 580 |
Carolina Elephant Token. PROPRIETORS. K.5, M.JAB-33. Silver. Choice Uncirculated
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CH UNC |
$6,000.00
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151.9 gns. Piebald toning in russet and pale silver. Struck over a Swiss 1863 Two Franc piece. Very rare: the cataloguer knows of just four of these (this, next lot, ANS, Eliasberg:43). Bolen stated he made only two in silver but Ed Cogan stated in 1874 that five had been made in silver and the dies then given to the Boston Numismatic Society. |
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| 581 |
Carolina Elephant Token. PROPRIETORS. K.5, M.JAB-33. Silver. Uncirculated
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UNC |
$11,000.00
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203.8 gns. Even, medium silver gray in color. Struck over an 1807 Half Dollar. The piece was very carefully made so the elephant was struck exactly in the center of the Half Dollar obverse. This left the elephant circled by the Half Dollar's stars and the 1807 date perfectly placed under its feet. The back, likewise, was perfectly positioned so the central inscription is circled upside down... more |
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| 582 |
Carolina Elephant Token. PROPRIETORS. K.5, M.JAB-33. Copper. Choice Uncirculated
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CH UNC |
$2,000.00
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161.1 gns. Red and brown. Reverse slightly off center. One of the 40 reported struck in this metal. |
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| 583 |
Carolina Elephant Token. PROPRIETORS. K.5, M.JAB-33. Copper. Uncirculated
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UNC |
$800.00
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157.6 gns. Brown. |
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| 584 |
Carolina Elephant Token. PROPRIETORS. K.5, M.JAB-33. Copper. Uncirculated
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UNC |
$550.00
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160.4 gns. Brown. Some finger spots. |
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| 585 |
Carolina Elephant Token. PROPRIETORS. K.5, M.JAB-33. Brass. Choice Uncirculated
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CH UNC |
$2,000.00
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148.8 gns. Spotty. Very rare: one of five said to have been struck in this metal. Musante notes no auction records for one of these. |
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| 586 |
Carolina Double Elephant Token. No Legend. K.6a, M.JAB-34a. Copper
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AU |
$3,250.00
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About Uncirculated. 149.4 gns. Dark brown. Extremely rare: it is believed that only two of these were struck. The other is in the Appelton Collection at the Massachusetts Historical Society making this the only one available to collectors. Musante found no auction records for this variety. |
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| 587 |
Carolina Double Elephant Token. With Legend. K.6, M.JAB-34. Copper
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CH UNC |
$3,250.00
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Choice Uncirculated. 164.0 gns. Red and Brown. Very rare: the legend states only 10 struck and this may have been accurate. Musante found only two auction records for this variety, one recent. |
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