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Categories • Stack's May 2006 → The May Sale → U. S. Commemorative Gold Coins → 1915'S' Panama-Pacific Set With Original Copper Frame |
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Lot # |
Description |
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Hammer Price |
| 2113 |
1915'S' $50.00 Round. Panama-Pacific Exposition. Brilliant Uncirculated
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BU |
$47,500.00
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- and approaching Choice, the reverse fully Choice. An absolute wealth of glowing lustre drenches both sides of this meticulously struck example of an innovative design by Robert Aitken of the National Academy of Design. Sold to the public at $100 each, the $50 denomination saw only 483 Round pieces actually released. This beautifully struck example is delightfully free of the special... more |
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| 2114 |
1915'S' $50.00 Octagonal. Panama-Pacific Exposition. Brilliant Uncirculated
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BU |
$37,500.00
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- with claims to Choice generally, the reverse on the threshold of Gem. This boldly struck coin boasts the richest red-gold lustre covering both sides. A glass finds some central obverse abrasions, probably from unguarded contact with other coins in the past. This coin remains a dramatic example of a type struck in memory of the Gold Rush $50 'Slugs' of U.S. Assayer Augustus Humbert. This denomination... more |
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| 2115 |
1915'S' $2.50. Panama-Pacific Exposition. Gem Brilliant Uncirculated
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GEM BU |
$12,000.00
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An exemplary strike is complemented by wonderful overall color, richly glowing lustre and surfaces of outstanding visual quality. One of 6,749 pieces sold bearing this Charles E. Barber design, and one of the highest quality examples extant today. |
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| 2116 |
1915'S' $1.00. Panama-Pacific Exposition. Very Choice Brilliant Uncirculated
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VERY CH BU |
$3,250.00
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- bordering on fully Gem. Lustre is luxurious, combining with a most exacting strike to assure the most remarkable quality and significant visual appeal. Charles Keck created this design featuring a typical laborer on the great Panama Canal project, supposedly taken for a baseball player at the time of release. Whether as part of a set or as a single coin, this satisfying example would... more |
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| 2117 |
1915'S' Half Dollar. Panama-Pacific Exposition. Gem Brilliant Uncirculated
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GEM BU |
$3,750.00
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- and virtually in the Superb category. Gloriously detailed devices are accentuated by this coin's silver-white surfaces, bordered in narrow peripheral bands of old-gold at the precisely defined rims. This sole Silver coin in the Panama-Pacific set has long been recognized as the key to the first series of American commemorative coins and this specimen is among the finest extant today. |
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| 2118 |
Hand-hammered Copper Frame with glass front
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CH AU |
$3,000.00
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250x203mm, 15mm deep. Choice About Uncirculated. Top of the frame bears the incuse inscription, SHREVE & CO./ SAN FRANCISCO/ MAKERS. The purple velvet-lined interior had fitted openings for all five Panama Pacific denominations. Across the top is a purple ribbon with a 4 line, gold-stamped inscription identifying the Exposition and its COMMEMORATIVE COINS/ AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS, STRUCK... more |
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