Did you
know Stack’s Bowers Galleries is offering The York Collection of Rare and Key
Date Coins at our official auction of the ANA World’s Fair of Money, August
14-17, 2018, in Philadelphia? The York Collection of Rare and Key Date Coins
was built over a number of years and represented a complete type set of United
States coins, featuring all of the most iconic issues from the 1793 half cent
to the 1907 High Relief double eagle, as well as denomination sets of
challenging dates and mintmarks including the 1864-S, 1866-S, 1873-CC and
1879-CCs. Although most of the 200+ coin collection has been dispersed over the
last few years, Stack’s Bowers Galleries is proud to have been selected to
offer the final two portions of coins from this collection, comprising the sets
that were the consignor’s personal favorites.
Offered
as part of the August 2018 ANA World’s Fair of Money sale is a nearly complete
set of Carson City $5 half eagles. This is truly a beautiful set that includes
the famous 1873-CC from the Nevada Collection and the 1875-CC from the Battle
Born Collection, both graded MS-61 by PCGS. The collection lacks only the
1870-CC, 1878-CC and the 1884-CC half eagles as this discriminating collector
was waiting for the “right coins” in order to achieve his goal of having the
all-time highest rated PCGS Registry Set of Carson City Half Eagles.
The
second set from the York Collection to be offered in the August 2018
Philadelphia auction comprises only four coins, but it is an accomplishment
that puts this savvy numismatist in the company of a very elite group of gold
collectors. He is only the fourth person to own all four varieties of the 1810
Capped Bust, Bust Left half eagle, joining the ranks of Harry Bass, George
Gozan, and D. Brent Pogue. We at Stack’s Bowers Galleries believe that this may
be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own one of the rarest United States
coins: the 1810 Large Date Small 5 Capped Bust half eagle. With only two or
three examples of this underappreciated variety available to collectors, the
offered coin, pedigreed to the D. Brent Pogue Collection, will be a great prize
for its next owner.
