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Lot:2001 1807 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-112. Large Stars, 50/20. Mint State-65 (PCGS).

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SBP-苏富比2015年9月纽约波格集藏Ⅱ

2015-10-01 07:00:00

2015-10-01 12:00:00

USD 129250

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He jolted Brahmins by scraping from ancient vases paint that had covered images of penises. --New York Times obituary of Cornelius C. Vermeule III, December 9, 2008, reflecting his scholarship as curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston..A polychromatic delight begins our memorable offering of Capped Bust half dollars. This coins deep gold centers are concentrically framed by orange, rose, violet, pastel blue, and pale green. Cartwheel luster spins around both sides, boldest at the rims but unbroken and frosty across the fields to the center. The fields of both sides are free of any significant marks, immaculate to the naked eye and nearly as pristine under bright, magnified scrutiny. The strike is bold, firm enough to define the eagles head completely though not strong enough to completely eliminate a trivial area of planchet texture on Libertys bust. A few hairlines may be seen with proper light, and a small area beneath TE of UNITED has oxidized a bit more aggressively than the rest of the surface, leaving a subtly darker region that still blends into the peripheral toning. A single thin curved line in front of the eagles beak and two shorter ones behind his head are the only detectable defects. On a coin of any lesser quality they would barely be noticeable, let alone notable. The eye appeal is remarkable, displaying a perfect balance of genuine luster and surface quality with the colorful and popular toning scheme imbued by storage in a Wayte Raymond holder for much of the 20th century...The dies have clashed once, with clash marks visible beneath the bust truncation mirroring the ribbon on the reverse, the outside curvature of a wing subtly apparent behind Libertys head, and the folds of Libertys drapery seen within the letters STA on the reverse. Peripheral elements have become drawn to the edge as the die has fatigued, but the die break that defines the Overton-112a state has not yet developed. A thin die crack connects the bases of 80 in the date, not yet connected to a similarly fragile die crack that extends from the left base of 1 to the rim.What has long been termed an errant 2 beneath the 5 in the denomination, plain to the naked eye and giving this distinctive variety its moniker, actually appears to be an inverted but mostly effaced 5, based on overlays recently accomplished by John Dannreuther. Walter Breen noted as early as 1988 that "the 2 may be a 5 rotated 180º," though it is unknown if he was the first to thus identify it...Vermeule, a lifelong collector and well-regarded curator with a long tenure as a staff expert at Stacks, New York City, prior to joining the Museum of Fine Arts, gathered coins from ancient to modern times with a painterly eye. While he is best known in the numismatic community for his 1971 treatise Numismatic Art in America, Vermeule was very well known for his contributions to classical art history. His collection, begun by his grandfather and continued by his father, was added to in earnest from the 1930s through the 1950s. Before the sale of this piece at auction in 2001, it had likely been unseen for decades...Only a few examples from these dies challenge the gem Mint State level, though a fair number exist in circulated and lower Mint State grades. This reverse die, with its naked-eye die crafting error, was also paired with a distinctively cracked obverse to create the Overton-111 variety, the very scarce and popular "Bearded Goddess," a die marriage that does not exist in gem preservation. The most recent Condition Census for this variety (and others cited throughout this catalog) was published in the 2014 5th edition of the standard reference on the varieties of Capped Bust half dollars, United States Early Half Dollar Die Varieties 1794 - 1836, a work that has been updated by Donald Parsley, the son-in-law of author Al Overton and a long-time collector of the series. The Overton-Parsley Condition Census cites five gem specimens, four graded MS-65 and one graded MS-66: this coin. As Bust half specialists often prefer uncertified coins, these grades do not line up precisely with published certification data, as neither PCGS nor NGC has ever certified an example as MS-66. This coin was sold raw in 2001 for a price nearly 50% higher than the next highest price realized for a specimen of this variety, recorded for an NGC MS-65 sold in June 2014. The present example brought over four times what the 1997 Eliasberg specimen, graded PCGS MS-64, brought when resold in 2000. Stephen Herrmans publications continue to carry this piece atop the census as an MS-66 despite its more modest PCGS assignment at the MS-65 level. Given its dramatic eye appeal and its rank above all other recognized gems from these dies, we are in no position to disagree.

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