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1851 Proof 3 Cent Silver Certified by PCGS

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During the July 2020 PCGS Las Vegas Members Only Show, a crossover was submitted to PCGS for on-site grading. We confirmed the dies matched the Elisaberg example previously graded PCGS PR66 and matched the plates for the Garrett coin, this coin is now graded PCGS PR63 with “Garrett-Maris” pedigree.

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  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice story.

  • ThreeCentSilverFLThreeCentSilverFL Posts: 1,687 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice! Only 4 minted... wow.

  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,235 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Because of the rarity of the issue, and so that the population reports do not list three examples, what was the service and the grade of the holder it was crossed from?

    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 13,618 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A Proof Type One Three Cent Silver piece (which, at this point, means 1851) is an incredibly rare type coin. I was privileged to have purchased and placed the Eliasberg example, years after it was graded.

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • goldengolden Posts: 9,660 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A very cool coin!

  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,304 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 5, 2020 5:09PM

    @MFeld said:
    A Proof Type One Three Cent Silver piece (which, at this point, means 1851) is an incredibly rare type coin. I was privileged to have purchased and placed the Eliasberg example, years after it was graded.

    The provenance should be amended to include Mark Feld!

    How would you recommend adding it to the text?

    The Elisaberg Example – Purchased as part of the John H. Clapp Collection. Sold in the Bowers & Merena Louis E. Elisaberg Sale May 1996 as lot 859. The coin was graded PCGS PR66 and, accompanied by a Certified Acceptance Corporation sticker, was sold again in the Stack’s Bowers Galleries November 2012 Baltimore Sale, where it brought $176,250.

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  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 13,618 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Zoins said:

    @MFeld said:
    A Proof Type One Three Cent Silver piece (which, at this point, means 1851) is an incredibly rare type coin. I was privileged to have purchased and placed the Eliasberg example, years after it was graded.

    The provenance should be amended to include Mark Feld!

    How would you recommend adding it to the text?

    The Elisaberg Example – Purchased as part of the John H. Clapp Collection. Sold in the Bowers & Merena Louis E. Elisaberg Sale May 1996 as lot 859. The coin was graded PCGS PR66 and, accompanied by a Certified Acceptance Corporation sticker, was sold again in the Stack’s Bowers Galleries November 2012 Baltimore Sale, where it brought $176,250.

    Thank you, but I was working for Pinnacle Rarities at the time.

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • CurrinCurrin Posts: 1,520 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Zoins said:

    @MFeld said:
    A Proof Type One Three Cent Silver piece (which, at this point, means 1851) is an incredibly rare type coin. I was privileged to have purchased and placed the Eliasberg example, years after it was graded.

    The provenance should be amended to include Mark Feld!

    How would you recommend adding it to the text?

    The Elisaberg Example – Purchased as part of the John H. Clapp Collection. Sold in the Bowers & Merena Louis E. Elisaberg Sale May 1996 as lot 859. The coin was graded PCGS PR66 and, accompanied by a Certified Acceptance Corporation sticker, was sold again in the Stack’s Bowers Galleries November 2012 Baltimore Sale, where it brought $176,250.

    The recent pedigree of the Eliasberg Example since 2012. It became the center piece of a Laura Sperber Legend’s Hall of Fame Three Cent Silver Proof set. The set was sold intact to D.L. Hansen in early 2018. The PR66 coin was the lone PCGS certified 1851 Proof until this PR63 coin was certified. The Eliasberg/Feld/Sperber Specimen resides in the Hansen Collection today.

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  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,304 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 6, 2020 2:06AM

    @Currin said:
    Eliasberg/Feld/Sperber Specimen resides in the Hansen Collection today.

    Love it!

    Here's fuller provenance:

    • Nicholas Petry, Esq.
    • S.H. & H. Chapman (5/1893)
    • J.M. Clapp
    • John H. Clapp (sold intact in 1942)
    • Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr.
    • Mark Feld for Pinnacle Rarities
    • Laura Sperber
    • DL Hansen

    There are two additional sales:

    • Bowers & Merena 5/1996:859, $61,600
    • Stack’s/Bowers 11/2012:3034, $172,500
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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,418 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cool coin and story

  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 13,618 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Currin said:

    @Zoins said:

    @MFeld said:
    A Proof Type One Three Cent Silver piece (which, at this point, means 1851) is an incredibly rare type coin. I was privileged to have purchased and placed the Eliasberg example, years after it was graded.

    The provenance should be amended to include Mark Feld!

    How would you recommend adding it to the text?

    The Elisaberg Example – Purchased as part of the John H. Clapp Collection. Sold in the Bowers & Merena Louis E. Elisaberg Sale May 1996 as lot 859. The coin was graded PCGS PR66 and, accompanied by a Certified Acceptance Corporation sticker, was sold again in the Stack’s Bowers Galleries November 2012 Baltimore Sale, where it brought $176,250.

    The recent pedigree of the Eliasberg Example since 2012. It became the center piece of a Laura Sperber Legend’s Hall of Fame Three Cent Silver Proof set. The set was sold intact to D.L. Hansen in early 2018. The PR66 coin was the lone PCGS certified 1851 Proof until this PR63 coin was certified. The Eliasberg/Feld/Sperber Specimen resides in the Hansen Collection today.

    If memory serves me correctly, a large dealer (not mentioned above) bought the coin out of the Eliasberg sale. And since I was working for Pinnacle Rarities when I placed the coin, they, not I, should be included in any detailed provenance. But thank you.😉

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,304 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MFeld said:
    And since I was working for Pinnacle Rarities when I placed the coin, they, not I, should be included in any detailed provenance. But thank you.😉

    How about "Mark Feld for Pinnacle Rarities"?

    Generally, I like to note individual people when available. It makes the hobby history more personable.

    Private Mint News | 2010 Lincoln Reverse Finalists
  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 13,618 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Zoins said:

    @MFeld said:
    And since I was working for Pinnacle Rarities when I placed the coin, they, not I, should be included in any detailed provenance. But thank you.😉

    How about "Mark Feld for Pinnacle Rarities"?

    Generally, I like to note individual people when available. It makes the hobby history more personable.

    How about seeing if you can discover the name of the collector with whom I placed it? I think, but am not certain, that information might be available in a past auction offering of the coin.

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • ZoinsZoins Posts: 34,304 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 6, 2020 2:52AM

    @MFeld said:

    @Zoins said:

    @MFeld said:
    And since I was working for Pinnacle Rarities when I placed the coin, they, not I, should be included in any detailed provenance. But thank you.😉

    How about "Mark Feld for Pinnacle Rarities"?

    Generally, I like to note individual people when available. It makes the hobby history more personable.

    How about seeing if you can discover the name of the collector with whom I placed it? I think, but am not certain, that information might be available in a past auction offering of the coin.

    This is the only auction record I've found so far but it doesn't seem to have the info:

    https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-2B8ML/1851-silver-three-cent-piece-proof-66-pcgs-cac-secure-holder

    CoinFacts also doesn't seem to have that info, listing the following:

    S.H. & H. Chapman “Nicholas Petry Collection” 5/1893 - J.M. Clapp Collection - John H. Clapp Collection, sold intact in 1942 - Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection - Bowers & Merena 5/1996:859, $61,600 - Stack’s/Bowers 11/2012:3034, $172,500

    https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1851-3cs/3696

    Any tips on where else to look?

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  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 13,618 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Zoins said:

    @MFeld said:

    @Zoins said:

    @MFeld said:
    And since I was working for Pinnacle Rarities when I placed the coin, they, not I, should be included in any detailed provenance. But thank you.😉

    How about "Mark Feld for Pinnacle Rarities"?

    Generally, I like to note individual people when available. It makes the hobby history more personable.

    How about seeing if you can discover the name of the collector with whom I placed it? I think, but am not certain, that information might be available in a past auction offering of the coin.

    This is the only auction record I've found so far but it doesn't seem to have the info:

    https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-2B8ML/1851-silver-three-cent-piece-proof-66-pcgs-cac-secure-holder

    CoinFacts also doesn't seem to have that info, listing the following:

    S.H. & H. Chapman “Nicholas Petry Collection” 5/1893 - J.M. Clapp Collection - John H. Clapp Collection, sold intact in 1942 - Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection - Bowers & Merena 5/1996:859, $61,600 - Stack’s/Bowers 11/2012:3034, $172,500

    https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1851-3cs/3696

    Any tips on where else to look?

    Sorry for that - I had thought the information might be available, but apparently, it's not..

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is in amazing condition for a tiny piece of silver 169 years old....Very nice...Cheers, RickO

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