Have you ever seen a bust half like this?

SmallEagle

PCGS SP65 1807 Draped Bust Half

Has anyone seen this one in hand or know anything of its history?

slumlord98

I looked at that coin at the ANA and it looks nothing like the Heritage image. It is very dark, IIRC. For some reason, I also recall that it seemed mishandled.

tradedollarnut

<< <i>Has anyone seen this one in hand or know anything of its history? >>



Isn't that ex: Reed Hawn?

1794half1839

TDN, I was thinking that was the Hawn-Queller coin.

Nysoto

It is the Hawn coin, auctioned recently (Superior?) for over $200K hammer. It was also mis-attributed in the previous auction as O-108.

tydye

<< <i>It was also mis-attributed in the previous auction as O-108. >>



How do you mis-attribute a 200K coin. I would fire whomever is doing the attributions for the auction company

CalGold

Ex Reed Hawn. Sold last May by Goldberg for $250K. Here's the link. They say that it was the Overton 108 plate coin. Is that wrong?
LINK

Its a wonder why I even remember this coin. I don't collect these.

CG

Nysoto

It is not the Overton plate coin, or any other O-108, Borckardt corrected the attribution at Heritage. I will check tonight if the Queller O-109 is the same (I had thought they were different), as Queller hammered at 20K. The reverse is on its fourth usage, twice in 1806.

tradedollarnut

How does a coin in auction realize exactly $250,000?

Nysoto

It must have hammered at $217,391.30!

IGWT

<< <i>How does a coin in auction realize exactly $250,000? >>


"Prices do not include the 15% buyers premium."

Nysoto

1953 ex Reed Hawn, Dupont
1996 Stack's
2000 Stack's (as O-108)
2002 Queller, Stack's $18,000 hammer (as "Proof" O-109)
5/2007 Goldberg, $250,000 hammer (as O-108) PCGS SP65
1/2008 Heritage (as O-109) PCGS SP65

Same coin, the correct variety is O-109

Broadstruck

NFCcoins.com in FL had it sitting in their inventory about 60-90 days ago, along with a 1795 $5 NGC64PL which was impressive also. Not sure if they bought these coins or if it was a consignment deal?

SmallEagle

<< <i>1953 ex Reed Hawn, Dupont >>




<< <i>1996 Stack's >>




<< <i>2000 Stack's (as O-108) >>




<< <i>2002 Queller, Stack's $18,000 hammer (as "Proof" O-109) >>




<< <i>5/2007 Goldberg, $250,000 hammer (as O-108) PCGS SP65 >>



That's quite a jump from 2002 to 2007.

SomeGuyFromMichigan

Mark Borckardt attributted this correctly and if the picture of obverse 5 is correct in the 4th edition.
The minor difference here is the bottom left of "E" which is higher than the base of "B" on Obv. 6,
Some of the earlier confusion wouldn't have occur.
I agree with slumlord that this has signs of mishandling on the obverse.
The reverse is quite nice, I remember seeing a coin like this in the early 1980's.
It difinitely was a special coin.

tradedollarnut

2002 Queller, Stack's $18,000 hammer (as "Proof" O-109)
5/2007 Goldberg, $250,000 hammer (as O-108) PCGS SP65

Ahhh, the power of plastic!

1953 ex Reed Hawn, Dupont

Is this the correct date?

1794half1839

Hawn was 1973.