Pogue collection continues to surprise
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I saw an ad for the upcoming Pogue auction in March. The coin highlighted in the ad is an 1848-O Liberty Head Eagle PCGS 66 CAC. It is apparently the finest known New Orleans No Motto Eagle for any date. I knew Pogue collected early gold and followed all the earlier auctions. When I see this coin that seemingly did not "fit" in his collection (and some others coming for sale) my mind wonders----how did he decide on this coin, why did he get the coin, did he have goal in obtaining this coin beyond it being amazing or was it just a $300,000 "one off" to add to his collection, etc. He clearly loved coins and his collection continues to amaze.
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Fits well in his collection, No Motto Eagles in Gem or better are extremely rare. Any No Motto Eagle in Choice Unc or better is a prize.
Was fascinated by the preview at the FUN show of some of his type collection to include high grade "moderns" that will be coming up for auction soon.
The 1848 O $10 and 1875 S $20 both trace their pedigree to the James Stack collection ( no relation to the Stacks Auction family).
More than likely both coins were acquired at the time of their issuance.
Mr. Pogue had a “Type Set” of US Copper, Silver, and Gold coins ( post 1839) that he was
building.
He also had a few amazing World coins as well.
He put together a Type Set, using Rare Dates in the finest grades available.
I’m impressed that he had moderns including a Kennedy half, Roosevelt dime and a few Lincoln wheat cents.
I had no idea about the type set---what an amazing collection on its own