 1915'S' Panama-Pacific International Exposition 5-Coin Set. Choice to Gem Brilliant Uncirculated. This high-quality original set includes: Gold $50.00 Octagonal. Choice Brilliant Uncirculated, approaching Gem. One of 640 pieces released; $50.00 Round. Very Choice Brilliant Uncirculated. One of 483 issued; $2.50. Gem Brilliant Uncirculated; $1.00. Gem Brilliant Uncirculated; Silver Half Dollar. Choice Brilliant Uncirculated. All of the Gold coins display splendid, deep gold lustre of the greatest beauty and appeal. The Half Dollar exhibits rich blue-gray obverse toning, a fascinating fleck gold and russet reverse. 5 pieces.
Accompanying the coins is their 127.4 x 114.8mm black, fitted case, whose inner satin lid bears a six-line gold inscription naming the exposition and specifying AUTHORIZED BY ACT OF CONGRESS/ STRUCK AT SAN FRANCISCO MINT. With the case is a separate black-imprinted card identifying the sculptors and describing each design in considerable detail. The case is virtually as made, the lid slightly warped as usually seen, the card shows two marginal imperfections from contact with the Brass hasp.
This extraordinary set is accompanied by a June 13, 1934 letter from famed Philadelphia dealer Henry Chapman, offering this set of coins to Floyd Starr for the then-significant sum of $425. Chapman died only seven months later. Here is a remarkable opportunity to acquire an unusually high quality set of fully documented provenance.
Ex Floyd T. Starr Collection.
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| Hammer Price: $147,500.00
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