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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2001 The Cornelius Vermeule 1807 50/20C Half Dollar Finest Known 1807 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-112. Large Stars, 50/20. Mint State-65 (PCGS). "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 scholarsh...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2002 Richly Original Gem 1807 Small Stars Half Dollar Tied for Finest Known 1807 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-113a. Rarity-3. Small Stars. Mint State-65+ (PCGS). "None seen Uncirculated." -- Walter Breen This lustrous, deep gray gem offers superlative eye appeal that matches its position atop the census for this major variety. Ancient gold to...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2003 Solitary Gem 1807 Large Stars Half Dollar Finest of the Date Certified by PCGS 1807 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-114. Rarity-3. Large Stars. Mint State-66 (PCGS). "Mr. Reich is now preparing a set of new dies in which some improvements in the devices will be introduced, (adhering, however, strictly to the letter of the law) which it is h...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2004 Finest Known 1808/7 Overdate Half Dollar No Previous Auction Appearances 1808/7 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-101. Rarity-1. Mint State-66 (PCGS). "Of the Half Dollars there are several that have excited the interest of collectors, on account of being overstrikes of previous years. For instance, 1808 over 1807, 1817 over 1813, 1818 over 1...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2005 Incomparable Gem 1808 Overton-103 From the Knoxville Collection 1808 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-103. Rarity-1. Mint State-67 (PCGS). "Although not as rare as the 1807, the 1808 is another issue that is difficult to find in Mint State." -- David Akers This coin is one of the most spectacularly preserved specimens of the entire design t...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2006 Spectacularly Intense 1808 Overton-109a Among the Finest Known of the Date 1808 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-109a. Rarity-3. Mint State-67 (PCGS). "At the Mint, the first master die for half dollars is used for the second, and last, year, a tall, handsome design of Miss Liberty often softly struck in the center due to Mint machinery lack...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2007 The George H. Earle - Eliasberg 1809 O-106 Half Dollar The Finest Surviving Example of the Date 1809 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-106. Rarity-3. Mint State-66+ (PCGS). "The new turban head design type first used in the later part of 1807 was redesigned in 1809." -- Al C. Overton Meeting the standards for a superb gem by every measure, t...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2008 A Gem Experimental Edge 1809 Half Dollar Overton-109b 1809 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-109b. Rarity-4. IIII Edge. Mint State-65 (PCGS). "One thing is factual: the edges are interesting." -- Edgar Souders, Bust Half Fever. Extraordinary luster spins around beautifully toned surfaces, chiefly deep champagne gold with a tight frame at the...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2009 Exceedingly Rare Gem 1810 Half Dollar Finest Known Overton-110 1810 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-110. Rarity-2. Mint State-65 (PCGS). "The supply of bullion is still abundant; nor is there any apprehension of a deficiency." -- Robert Patterson, Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, January 5, 1810. Attractively toned in deep gray, ...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2010 The Eliasberg 1811/0 Half Dollar Punctuated Date 1811/10 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-101. Rarity-1. Mint State-64+ (PCGS). "Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. buys money for the love of its beauty, and because he thinks coins are the best 'warehouse of value' he can find." -- Look magazine, October 29, 1964 Opalescent golden gray toning appe...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2011 One of the Best Preserved Capped Bust Half Dollars Extant The Woodin-Clapp-Eliasberg 1811 Overton-108 1811 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-108. Rarity-2. Small 8. Mint State-67 (PCGS). "A high government official recently told me that he considered all ardent numismatists as slightly insane."  -- William H. Woodin, 1911 Few superlati...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2012 Finest Certified Gem 1812/1 Half Dollar Small 8 1812/1 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-102. Rarity-2. Small 8. Mint State-65+ (PCGS). "Small 8 examples are scarce in all grades up to EF, where they become very scarce. True Uncirculated coins are probably non-existent, or nearly so." -- Edgar Souders, Bust Half Fever A deep blush of orange ...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2013 The Eliasberg 1812 O-110 Half Dollar Single Finest 1812 Certified at PCGS 1812 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-110. Rarity-1. Mint State-67 (PCGS). "The obverse master die was reengraved at the beginning of this year and a new hub was made." -- Ivan Leaman and Donald Gunnet An amazing coin, as choice as the day it was struck but now ...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2014 True Gem 1813 50 C. / UNI Half Dollar Finest Certified by PCGS 1813 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-101a. Rarity-2. 50 C./UNI. Mint State-65 (PCGS). "Extraordinary error; engraver first began UNITED below claws, then corrected it by punching 50 C. there." -- Walter Breen, 1955 Stellar aesthetic appeal merges with outstanding technical qual...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2015 Exquisitely Toned Gem 1813 Overton-106a An Historic Issue 1813 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-106a. Rarity-2. Mint State-65+ (PCGS). "The specie in the Boston banks swelled from less than eight hundred thousand dollars in 1812 to more than seven million dollars in 1814." -- John Bach Macmaster, A History of the People of the United States,...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2016 Fascinating Late Die State 1813 Half Dollar Overton-109 1813 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-109. Rarity-3. Mint State-64+ (PCGS). "Fifty cent pieces for 1813, 1819, and 1824 are now worth sixty cents." -- Orange County Observer, Hillsborough, North Carolina, July 30, 1881 A spectacular survivor of these dies, made all the more intere...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2017 Vibrantly Toned 1814/3 Half Dollar Overton-101a 1814/3 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-101a. Rarity-2. Mint State-64+ (PCGS). "Come on, then, men of New York; let not hail, snow, rain or mud deter you; come in companies, pairs or singly; ride to this place if the distance be far, and pay me dollars, half dollars, shilling and six-pennys." -...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2018 Superb 1814 Overton-102 Half Dollar The Pittman Coin 1814 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-102. Rarity-2. Mint State-66 (PCGS). "Always buy the best that you can afford. I've always tried to adhere to that." -- John Jay Pittman, 1988 Superb old toning in auburn, dark rose, and olive crosses deep silver surfaces. The obverse toning clings to...

Datum 30.09.2015

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2019 Famous 1815/2 Half Dollar Key The William F. Dunham Specimen 1815/2 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-101. Rarity-2. Mint State-65 (PCGS). "The high price of gold and silver bullion for some time past in [relation to] the current paper money of the country has prevented, and as long as this shall continue to be the case, must necessarily prev...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2020 Popular 1817/3 Overdate Half Dollar Tied for Finest Certified by PCGS 1817/3 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-101a. Rarity-2. Mint State-64+ (PCGS). "Well preserved specimens are not common and are well sought after by variety collectors." -- Al C. Overton Pale blue toning beautifully encircles frosty silver gray centers, tinted with gold an...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2021 The Legendary Overton-Meyer 1817/4 Half Dollar The Most Famous Rarity in the Capped Bust Half Series 1817/4 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-102. Rarity-7. VF-35 (PCGS). "A cool perspiration always dampens ones hands when the King of half-dollars first spills from its envelope." -- Sheridan Downey A non-specialist will look at this coin and...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2022 Gorgeous Gem 1817 “Comet Head” Half Dollar From the George H. Earle, Jr. (1912) and Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. (1997) Sales 1817 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-106. Rarity-2. Mint State-66 (PCGS). "Feather in cap, due to break in die." -- Henry Chapman Fully struck and lightly reflective, this specimen offers a wealth of fine details not ent...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2023 Astonishing Gem 1817 Half Dollar Single Finest Graded by PCGS 1817 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-110a. Rarity-2. Mint State-67 (PCGS). "Uncirculated designates a coin struck from the ordinary dies, being new and usually bright, but deprived of the mirror-like surface found on proof coins." -- George G. Evans, Illustrated History of the Un...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2024 The Earle-Clapp-Eliasberg 1817 Overton-113 Likely Finest Known of the Variety 1817 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-113. Rarity-2. Mint State-66 (PCGS). "I was in bed with a bad knee so I had my secretary bring the catalog up to me. I jotted down what I thought to be a fair price beside each coin and then added the whole thing up." -- Louis ...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2025 Gem 1818/7 Small 8 Overton-102a Half Dollar First Auction Appearance in 27 Years 1818/7 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-102a. Rarity-2. Small 8. Mint State-65 (PCGS). "HALF DOLLARS: The highest premium given for American half dollars by Robinson & Lee, No. 44 Wall Street." -- The Evening Post, New York City, October 21, 1818 Strong car...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2026 Impressive 1818/7 Large 8 Half Dollar Among the Finest Known 1818/7 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-103a. Rarity-4. Large 8. Mint State-64 (PCGS). "Falling spring, a guide, .50." -- Thomas Jefferson's Memorandum Book, August 13, 1818. Brightly lustrous, with lovely satiny character in the fields of both obverse and reverse. Most of the sur...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2027 Spectacular Gem 1818 Half Dollar Finest Known of the Date 1818 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-104a. Rarity-3. Mint State-67 (PCGS). "Phil bought most of the nicest coins in the Eliasberg auction in 1997, then spent the next nine years upgrading as many of the coins as he could." -- Jim Halperin, 2008 A spectacular Capped Bust half dollar,...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2028 The Eliasberg Gem 1818 Overton-104a Half Dollar Long Considered Finest Known 1818 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-104a. Rarity-3. Mint State-66+ (PCGS). "A quiet man, distinctive for his acumen, patience, generosity, cigars, bridge-hand triumphs, shock of gray hair and store of jokes, Eliasberg enjoyed the coin fuss." -- Baltimore Sun, Octo...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2029 Important Proof 1818 Half Dollar Rarity From the Col. E.H.R. Green and Eric P. Newman Collections 1818 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-107. Rarity-8 as a Proof. Proof-65 (NGC). "What used to make collectors furious and jealous was that the Colonel could and did buy almost anything he really wanted."  -- Arthur H. Lewis, The Day They Shook T...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2030 Pristine Gem 1819/8 Overton-102 Half Dollar Finest Known from These Dies, Tied for Finest 1819/8 Overdate 1819/8 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-102. Rarity-2. Large 9. Mint State-66 (PCGS). "1819 Peculiar 9, believed to be struck over 1818." -- W. Elliot Woodward, 1862 A pristine gem, awash with lustrous cartwheel over ideally frosty deep...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2031 Superlative Gem 1819/8 Overton-104a Half Dollar Finest Known from These Dies, Tied for Finest 1819/8 Overdate 1819/8 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-104a. Rarity-1. Large 9. Mint State-66 (PCGS). "The policy of our government has been to issue a great preponderance of halves, and the smaller denominations of coins, under the impressio...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2032 Majestic Gem 1819 Half Dollar from the Garrett Collection Ex. J. Colvin Randall, 1885 1819 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-107. Rarity-3. Mint State-66 (PCGS). "When Woodward's catalogue of the Randall Collection comes out, you will have an opportunity of adding some gems to your cabinet." — Harold P. Newlin to T. Harrison Garrett, May 16, ...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2033 Pristine 1819 Overton-108 Half Dollar From the New York Connoisseur’s Collection 1819 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-108. Rarity-3. Mint State-64+ (PCGS). "Thus if the emigrant expected to purchase at half a dollar an acre, he will find, when he examines the lot, that it is far from any town, roads, or settlements." -- William Savage, Obse...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2034 Elusive Gem 1820/19 Overton-101 Half Dollar Square Base 2 1820/19 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-101. Rarity-2. Square Base 2. Mint State-65+ (PCGS). "1820 over 1819; the 1 shows distinctly under the 2, but the 9 is not so distinct under the 0." -- J. Colvin Randall, 1881 Festively toned in bright sea green around the peripheries, confini...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2035 Spectacular Gem 1820 Overton-108 Half Dollar Extensively Pedigreed for a Century 1820 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-108. Rarity-2. Square Base No Knob 2, Large Date. Mint State-66+ (PCGS). "His collection specialties were coins in general and during his lifetime he possessed one of the most outstanding collections in America."  -- ANA His...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2036 Extremely Rare Proof 1821 Half Dollar From the Col. Green and Newman Collections 1821 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-104. Rarity-8 as a Proof. Proof-65 (NGC). "That man changed my entire life."  -- Eric P. Newman, on Burdette G. Johnson A glittering and highly reflective gem Proof striking, elegantly toned in familiar shades of pastel and...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2037 The Superlative Noblet 1821 Half Dollar Overton-107 1821 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-107. Rarity-3. Mint State-66+ (PCGS). "Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that the annual tax on dogs, in the count...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2038 The Prized Pittman 1822 Overton-101 Half Dollar A Much-Debated Overdate 1822/"1" Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-101. Rarity-1. Mint State-66 (PCGS). "Beistle did not know this variety was an overdate."  -- Walter Breen, 1955 "Variety is NOT an overdate!" -- Stephen Herrman, 2014 With frosty surfaces, satiny luster, and a blush of deep gol...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2039 The Cleneay-Norweb Gem Proof 1822 Half Dollar The Only Proof Overton-103 Known One of Two Proof 1822 Half Dollars Extant 1822 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-103. Rarity-8 as a Proof. Proof-65+ Cameo (PCGS). "The collection of Thomas Cleneay is said to be the most costly, most numerous, and most valuable in the United States."  — King's Poc...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2040 World-Class 1822 Overton-105 Half Dollar With Provenance to 1911 1822 Capped Bust Half Dollar. Overton-105. Rarity-3. Mint State-66 (PCGS). "A little below, we saw three hunters with several dogs;  they had just killed a fine young deer in the river, and were skinning it on the bank. We bought a hindquarter, it weighed fifteen or sixteen pou...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2041 The Legendary Gem Lord St. Oswald 1794 Silver Dollar A World Famous Specimen of the First American Dollar Intact Provenance to 1794 1794 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar. Bowers Borckardt-1, Bolender-1. Rarity-4. Mint State-66+ (PCGS). "Best strike. Gem." -- Jacque C. (Mrs. Alfred) Ostheimer, 1964 Rare coins like those found in the D. Brent Pogue...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2042 The Spectacular Catherine Bullowa 1795 Flowing Hair Dollar A Celebrated Specimen 1795 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar. Bowers Borckardt-18, Bolender-7. Rarity-3. Three Leaves. Mint State-66 (PCGS). "My coins ... spoke to me, and in some cases, sang to me."  -- Catherine BullowaThis is perhaps the most legendary and most discussed 1795 Flowing Hai...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2043 The Finest 1795 Silver Plug Dollar Extant The Lord St. Oswald Specimen 1795 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar. Bowers Borckardt-18, Bolender-7. Rarity-3. Three Leaves. Silver Plug. Mint State-65+ (PCGS). "Mr. Strickland has not been idle since he came to this country. … Nothing, I believe, has escaped his observation that merited notice." &nb...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2044 Spectacular 1795 Silver Plug Flowing Hair Dollar With Provenance to 1895 1795 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar. Bowers Borckardt-18, Bolender-7. Rarity-3. Three Leaves. Silver Plug. Mint State-64 (PCGS). "Curious oval planchet defect at centre of obverse." — Walter Breen, 1956 A final world-class example from these dies, struck on a planchet with...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2045 The Majestic Robert Coulton Davis Gem 1795 Dollar Two Leaves Reverse, Tied for Finest 1795 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar. Bowers Borckardt-21, Bolender-1. Rarity-2. Two Leaves. Mint State-65 (PCGS). "The Dollar original die for the head will take six or eight days."  -- Robert Scot, 1795 Spokes of cartwheel lustre swirl from rim to rim, embold...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2046 The Atwater Gem 1795 Two Leaves Dollar Tied for Finest at PCGS 1795 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar. Bowers Borckardt-24, Bolender-13. Rarity-5. Two Leaves. Mint State-65 (PCGS). "It is the most magnificent 1795 dollar of this type that I have ever seen." -- B. Max Mehl, 1946 A legendary specimen and a coin of incomparable quality, this dollar s...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2047 Beautifully Toned 1795 Flowing Hair Dollar The Foxfire Specimen 1795 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar. Bowers Borckardt-27, Bolender-5. Rarity-1. Three Leaves. Mint State-64+ (PCGS). "A fourth [press] for dollars and medals, in particular, will be finished in about three months." -- Elias Boudinot, February 9, 1795 Pastel iridescence has gathered...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2048 The Parmelee-Eliasberg Gem 1821 Quarter Eagle Long Considered a Proof Striking 1821 Capped Head Left Quarter Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-1. Rarity-5. Mint State-66+ (PCGS). "Sharp and perfect Proof; extremely rare."  -- David Proskey, cataloging this coin for the 1890 Parmelee sale Called a Proof in the 1982 Eliasberg sale, now certified as the...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2049 Historic 1824 Quarter Eagle Rarity Among The Finest Known 1824/1 Capped Head Left Quarter Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-1. Rarity-5. Mint State-63 (PCGS). "Gold Coins. The Bank of the United States has lately put into circulation an unusual quantity of half and quarter eagles,  in payments to members of Congress." -- Niles' Weekly Register, May 15...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2050 The Finest Known 1825 Quarter Eagle The Only MS-67 Graded For the Entire Design Type 1825/5 Capped Head Left Quarter Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-2. Rarity-4+. Mint State-67 (PCGS). "The total amount of coinage at our Mint, since its first establishment, is only 23,650,502 dollars ... for a national circulating medium, scarcely two dollars a head...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2051 Extremely Rare 1826 Quarter Eagle Lowest Mintage of the Type 1826/6 Capped Head Left Quarter Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-1. Rarity-5+. About Uncirculated-58 (PCGS). "I have seen fewer of this date than I have of any other of this type." -- David Akers Pleasing light yellow gold with some faint pale green undertones. Some vestiges of luster rema...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2052 Irreplaceable 1827 Quarter Eagle From the Bareford Collection 1827 Capped Head Left Quarter Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-1. Rarity-5. Mint State-65 (PCGS). "I collect only the finest specimens… and am not interested in any coin that is not perfect." -- Harold S. Bareford to dealer Paul Seitz, April 1947 Another eye-catching gem Capped Bust quart...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2053 Impressive Gem 1829 Quarter Eagle Debut Year of the Small Diameter Type 1829 Capped Head Left Quarter Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-1. Rarity-4+. Mint State-65 (PCGS). "[The] higher rims made possible more sculptured designs and protected the devices, lettering, date, and fields from wear." -- John Dannreuther Both fully reflective and possessed ...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2054 Gem 1830 Quarter Eagle Rarity The Garrett Coin 1830 Capped Head Left Quarter Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-1. Rarity-4. Mint State-65 (PCGS). "Our gold coins are withdrawn from circulation, chiefly by the operation of this erroneous proportion" -- Senator Nathan Sanford, Report on the Current Coins, January 1830 Highly lustrous, satiny and ...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2055 The Pristine Gem Garrett 1831 Quarter Eagle Perhaps the Finest Known of the Entire Type 1831 Capped Head Left Quarter Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-1. Rarity-4. Mint State-67 (PCGS). "I was very successful today, both in regard to the number of pieces bought, and the low prices at which they were secured."  -- George Massamore to T. Harrison Garre...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2056 The Finest Mint State 1833 Quarter Eagle A Spectacular Example of the Type 1833 Capped Head Left Quarter Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-1. Rarity-5. Mint State-66+ (PCGS). "Before 1834, our coinage of gold was of little benefit except to purify and prepare the bullion for exportation and for the use of foreign mints." -- Report of the Secretary of ...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2057 The James A. Stack 1833 Half Eagle A Duplicate Only Pogue Could Own 1833 Capped Head Left Quarter Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-1. Rarity-5. Mint State-66 (PCGS). "Rarer in all grades than 1829-32; much rarer UNC."  — Walter Breen An unparalleled second opportunity to acquire a superb gem 1833 quarter eagle. The appearance of this coin is signifi...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2058 Gem Mint State New Tenor 1834 Quarter Eagle Debut of the Classic Head Design 1834 Classic Head Quarter Eagle. McCloskey-1. Small Head. Mint State-65 (PCGS). "The progress of our gold coinage is creditable to the officers of the Mint, and promises in a short period to furnish the country with a sound and portable currency."  -- Andrew Jackson...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2059 The Oliver Jung Gem 1834 Quarter Eagle Clapp's “Booby Head” 1834 Classic Head Quarter Eagle. McCloskey-2. Large Head. Mint State-65+ (PCGS). "The Engraver has been ordered to execute new dies, omitting the motto ..." -- Mint Director Samuel Moore to Secretary of the Treasury Levi Woodbury, July 9, 1834 Magnificent satiny luster exudes from ...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2060 The Finest Certified 1835 Quarter Eagle A Deceptively Elusive Issue 1835 Classic Head Quarter Eagle. McCloskey-3. Mint State-65+ (PCGS). "At present the only gold coin upon which we can rely to supply the place of small bills is the quarter eagle, and of these the amount,  as yet, is very limited."  -- The Evening Post, New York City, Februa...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2061 A Beautiful 1836 Quarter Eagle from the Bass Collection Lester Merkin: “The Finest We Have Seen” 1836 Classic Head Quarter Eagle. McCloskey-2. Script 8. Mint State-65+ (PCGS). "The numismatic knowledge he assembled and shared with all will always be his legacy to the hobby."  -- Harvey Stack, on Harry W. Bass, Jr. A beauty, engulfed in sati...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2062 Another Gem 1836 Quarter Eagle Tied for Finest at PCGS 1836 Classic Head Quarter Eagle. McCloskey-2. Script 8. Mint State-65+ (PCGS). "They are to be delivered out from the lips as beautiful coins newly issued from the mint, deeply and accurately impressed, perfectly finished, neatly struck by the proper organs, distinct, in due time, and of...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2063 Extraordinary Bareford-Bass 1836 Quarter Eagle Head of 1837 1836 Classic Head Quarter Eagle. McCloskey-6. Block 8. Mint State-66 (PCGS). "Measures have been taken recently, and are now in progress, for introducing improvements in the processes and machinery of the Mint by which it is believed that the efficiency of the establishment may be m...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2064 Satiny Gem 1837 Quarter Eagle The First .900 Fine United States Gold Coin 1837 Classic Head Quarter Eagle. McCloskey-1. Mint State-65 (PCGS). "The government ... decided in January 1837 to place the fineness of the coins, both gold and silver, upon the French basis – nine-tenths; consequently since that date the fineness of our gold coins ha...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2065 The Incomparable Harry Bass 1838 Quarter Eagle Finest Known of the Date 1838 Classic Head Quarter Eagle. McCloskey-1. Mint State-67 (PCGS). "Of the above quantity, 7,200 pieces were in eagles; 286,588 pieces were in half eagles; and 47,030 pieces were in quarter eagles. Of the bullion deposited, there was supplied from the mines of the Unite...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2066 The Judge Gaskill 1839-C Quarter Eagle Gold Coins of the Charlotte Mint Plate Coin 1839-C Classic Head Quarter Eagle. McCloskey-3. Winter 3-C. Mint State-62 (PCGS). "It is extremely rare in full Mint State." — Doug Winter Equal parts fascinating and beautiful, one of the finest known examples of this Charlotte Mint issue. Rich citrus yellow...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2067 The Magnificent Bass 1839-D Quarter Eagle Tied for Finest Known 1839-D Classic Head Quarter Eagle. McCloskey-2. Winter 1-B. Mint State-64 (PCGS). "The workmanship of the Mint edifice is abominable ... put into brick by men who certainly deserve diplomas for botching."  — Franklin Peale to Robert M. Patterson, on the Dahlonega Mint, November ...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2068 The Finest Known 1839-O Quarter Eagle The Akers Plate Coin 1839-O Classic Head Quarter Eagle. McCloskey-2. Winter-1. Mint State-65 (PCGS). "The primary consideration behind the establishment of the New Orleans Mint was an incoming flow of coins, and not of bullion."  -- Dr. Richard Doty The only gem 1839-O quarter eagle known, this coin is ...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2069 The Remarkable Garrett 1795 Half Eagle A Long Treasured Example of the First U.S. Gold Coin 1795 Capped Bust Right Half Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-3. Rarity-3+. Small Eagle. Mint State-65 (PCGS). "T. Harrison Garrett, of Baltimore ... though a comparatively young collector, bids fair to rival Mr. Parmelee in the number and condition of his rari...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2070 Splendid Choice Mint State 1795 Half Eagle D over S Variety 1795 Capped Bust Right Half Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-6. Rarity-5. Small Eagle. Mint State-63+ (PCGS). "GOLD COINAGE. About 8000 Half Eagles (Value Five dollars) have been issued from the mint of the United States. They are finely executed. LIBERTY is represented by a female head, in ...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2071 One of the Finest 1796/5 Half Eagles Extant The R.E. "Ted" Naftzger Coin 1796/5 Capped Bust Right Half Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-1. Rarity-4+. Mint State-62+ (PCGS). "There is only one known variety of the half eagle of 1796."  -- Edgar H. Adams, "Half Eagles and Their Die Varieties," The Coin Collector's Journal, November 1934 Bright yellow ...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2072 The Finest Known 1797 15 Stars Half Eagle J.F. Bell - R.L. Miles, Jr. - Ed Milas 1797 Capped Bust Right Half Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-1. Rarity-7. 15 Stars. Small Eagle. Mint State-61 (PCGS). "A jack-ass, now in full perfection, will be let to mares at two dollars and a half the single leap, five dollars for the season, or eight dollars to en...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2073 Important 16 Stars 1797 Half Eagle Variety From the Virgil Brand Collection 1797 Capped Bust Right Half Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-3. Rarity-6. 16 Stars. Small Eagle. AU-58 (PCGS). "The nickels, dimes, and dollars for which the Americans are striving daily will be used as the textbooks of history in coming generations." — Virgil Brand, quoted i...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2074 The King Farouk 1798 Small Eagle Half Eagle One of the Famed Rarities of the Series 1798 Capped Bust Right Half Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-1. Rarity-7. Small Eagle. AU-55 (PCGS). "Paul Wittlin got a real buy, lot 229 for $1,800. The five pieces included a 1798 half eagle, Small Eagle reverse variety -- an extremely rare item." -- Abe Kosoff,  "...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2075 Very Rare 1795 Heraldic Eagle Half Eagle An Anachronism in Gold 1795 Capped Bust Right Half Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-15. Rarity-5+. Heraldic Eagle. Mint State-64 (PCGS). "It is of course well known that the coins with the large or heraldic eagle are very rare." -- Thomas Ollive Mabbott,  "The Varieties of the Half Eagle of 1795," Numismatic R...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2076 The J.F Bell - Amon Carter 1797/5 Half Eagle Finest Certified by PCGS 1797/5 Capped Bust Right Half Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-7. Rarity-6+. Heraldic Eagle. Mint State-62+ (PCGS). "Excessively rare in Unc." -- Don Taxay, 1976 Deep yellow surfaces are enriched with coppery highlights whose depths extend to rose and magenta on the reverse, lendi...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2077 Choice Mint State 1798 Large 8 Half Eagle From the Garrett and Bass Collections 1798 Capped Bust Right Half Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-2. Rarity-5. Large 8, 13-Star Reverse, Narrow Date. Heraldic Eagle. Mint State-63 (PCGS). "The coinage has been stopped near three months, occasioned by the late calamitous fever, and the decay of some of the ma...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2078 Distinctive 1798 14 Stars Reverse Half Eagle From the Harry W. Bass Jr. Collection 1798 Capped Bust Right Half Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-3. Rarity-5. Large 8, 14 Stars Reverse, Wide Date. Heraldic Eagle. About Uncirculated-55 (PCGS). "No true Mint State examples known, however about a half dozen are very close." -- Robert W. Miller, Sr.,  Unit...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2079 Underappreciated Small 8 1798 Half Eagle One of the Finest Known 1798 Capped Bust Right Half Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-6. Rarity-6. Small 8. Heraldic Eagle. About Uncirculated-58 (PCGS). "Every gold and silver planchet as cut out was passed through the hands of an adjuster; if overweight reduced by a file, a leather pouch in front of his bench...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2080 Very Rare 1799 Large Reverse Stars Half Eagle Perhaps Finest Known 1799 Capped Bust Right Half Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-5. Rarity-5+. Large Reverse Stars. Mint State-63+ (PCGS). "Five Dollars Reward. Ran away from the subscriber, without any provocation, on the 31st of August 1799, an apprentice lad named Vachel Johnson, a shoemaker by trade,...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2081 Extraordinary Prooflike 1800 Half Eagle The Baldenhofer Coin 1800 Capped Bust Right Half Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-2. Rarity-3+. Mint State-64 (PCGS). "The finest one is probably Baldenhofer 1206, prooflike."  -- Walter Breen, 1965 A singularly spectacular 1800 half eagle, this coin presents a look rather like a Proof coin of today. Fully ref...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2082 Extraordinary Gem 1802/1 Half Eagle "A Most Beautiful Example" 1802/1 Capped Bust Right Half Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-1. Rarity-4+. Mint State-66 (PCGS). "A collector who wishes to commit a substantial sum can form a set of the highest possible quality." -- Norman Stack,  United States Type Coins, 1986. A giant among the Pogue half eagles, b...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2083 The Finest Known 1803/2 Half Eagle Single Finest Pre-1807 Half Eagle Certified by PCGS 1803/2 Capped Bust Right Half Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-4. Rarity-4. Mint State-66+ (PCGS). "A noted gambler of the name Greenlaugh passed through this place yesterday … it is believed he has in his possession now, a large quantity of bank notes, and coins o...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2084 Superb 1804 Small 8 Half Eagle Harry Bass: "Normal 8" 1804 Capped Bust Right Half Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-1. Rarity-4+. Small 8. Mint State-64 (PCGS). "The coin of the United States has a wretched appearance after they have been a month in circulation, executed by Scot who has made an independent fortune, and who would wish to employ Reich o...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2085 Dramatically Toned 1804 Half Eagle Small 8 Over Large 8 1804 Capped Bust Right Half Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-5. Rarity-6+. Normal 8 over Large 8. Mint State-64 (PCGS). "It is worthy of the President's attention that about eleven thousand dollars of the gold coin is the product of virgin gold found in the county of Cabarrus in the state of Nor...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2086 Beautifully Toned Gem 1805 Half Eagle Tied For Finest Certified by PCGS 1805 Capped Bust Right Half Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-2. Rarity-4. Mint State-65 (PCGS). "Foreign gold ceased on 1 May last to be a legal tender. At that time, nine-tenths of the circulating specie, or of that in the vaults of the several Banks, consisted of such gold. A l...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2087 Finest Certified 1806 Pointed 6 Half Eagle Breen Encyclopedia Plate Coin 1806 Capped Bust Right Half Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-1. Rarity-4. Pointed 6, Stars 8 x 5. Mint State-65 (PCGS). "Comparing this year’s coinage of the precious metals with that of the ten preceding years ... the amount struck is nearly double the average annual amount dur...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2088 Satiny Gem 1806 Round Top 6 Half Eagle Among The Finest Known 1806 Capped Bust Right Half Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-6. Rarity-2. Round Top 6, Stars 7 x 6. Mint State-65 (PCGS). "Gold has neither smell nor taste. Its color is yellow, and this varies according to the purity of the metal." -- Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal, Elements of Chemistry, 18...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2089 The Finest Small Reverse Stars 1807 Half Eagle "A Flawless Example" 1807 Capped Bust Right Half Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-1. Rarity-4+. Mint State-65+ (PCGS). "The American, fatigued with his long journey, was soon asleep; but about half past three in the morning, some officious attentions from his paramour to the bosom of his shirt waked him ...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2090 The Clapp-Eliasberg 1807 Draped Bust Half Eagle Pedigreed to 1872 1807 Capped Bust Right Half Eagle.Bass Dannreuther-6. Rarity-4+. Mint State-64 (PCGS). "It would be much more valuable to the public to be supplied with abundance of dimes & half dimes which would stay among us, than with dollars & eagles which leave us immediately." -...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2091 Classic 1795 9 Leaves Reverse Rarity Finest in Private Hands 1795 Capped Bust Right Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-3. Rarity-6. 9 Leaves. Mint State-63+ (PCGS). "This is by far the rarest variety of 1795 eagle and is far rarer than either the 1796 or 1797 Small Eagle coins." -- John Dannreuther Perhaps the most famous rarity among the early eagles...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2092 The Superlative Garrett 1795 13 Leaves Eagle The Largest Denomination Authorized by the Mint Act of 1792 The Finest Known Example of the First $10 Gold Coin 1795 Capped Bust Right Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-4. Rarity-5. 13 Leaves. Mint State-66+ (PCGS). "The eagle is not a very expressive or apt appellation for the largest gold piece, but nothi...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2093 Choice Low Mintage 1796 Eagle The Only Die Variety of the Year 1796 Capped Bust Right Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-1. Rarity-4. Mint State-62+ (PCGS). "This date is much rarer than 1795 though seldom appreciated as such." -- Walter Breen Struck with 16 stars to mark Tennessee’s entry into the Union, the 1796 eagle is underappreciated for both it...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2094 Very Rare Mint State 1797 Eagle The Last of the Small Eagle $10s 1797 Capped Bust Right Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-1. Rarity-5. Small Eagle. Mint State-61 (PCGS). "You seem to be fully convinced of the propriety of attending to beauty in coinage ... [Jean-Pierre Droz] is much in favor of the idea of representing an eagle on the coins & part...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2095 Majestic 1797 Heraldic Eagle $10 The Debut of the New Type 1797 Capped Bust Right Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-4. Rarity-4+. Heraldic Eagle. Mint State-63 (PCGS). "Recd. from J[ohn] Barnes 500 D. in eagles and half eagles" -- Thomas Jefferson's Memorandum Books, June 30, 1797 An exceptional specimen of this issue, this piece is brightly lustrous...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2096 The Clapp-Eliasberg 1798/7 9x4 Stars Eagle 9 Stars Left, 4 Stars Right 1798/7 Capped Bust Right Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-1. Rarity-4+. Stars 9x4. Mint State-62+ (PCGS). "The Clapp Collection was not only nearly complete, it contained coins of extraordinary quality." — David Hall One of the most extraordinary quality specimens known of this r...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2097 The Celebrated Garrett 1798/7 7x6 Stars Eagle 7 Stars Left, 6 Stars Right 1798/7 Capped Bust Right Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-2. Rarity-6-. Stars 7x6. Mint State-61 (PCGS). "I have made it a point in my collecting always to buy the very finest pieces for they are the most satisfactory and becoming more difficult to obtain every year." -- Harold...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2098 The George H. Earle, Jr. - John A. Beck 1799 Eagle Tied for Finest Certified of the Small Obverse Stars Type 1799 Capped Bust Right Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-7. Rarity-3. Small Obverse Stars. Mint State-64+ (PCGS). "If it ever reaches the auction room, it will create something of a sensation." -- Moorhead B. Holland of the People’s Savings and...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2099 Spectacular Gem 1799 Large Obverse Stars $10 From the F.C.C. Boyd and Oliver Jung Collections 1799 Capped Bust Right Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-10. Rarity-3. Large Obverse Stars. Mint State-65+ (PCGS). "A passionate, exceptionally knowledgeable collector, he dabbled in coin dealing on the side. He collected expensive coins, cheap coins, banknot...

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Stack's Bowers Galleries, September 2015 The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part II, Los 2100 Another Gem 1799 Large Obverse Stars Eagle The Catherine Bullowa Collection Coin 1799 Capped Bust Right Eagle. Bass Dannreuther-10. Rarity-3. Large Obverse Stars. Mint State-65 (PCGS). "I realized I was amid scholars in a challenging field."  -- Catherine Bullowa, recalling her 1951  entry into the world of numismatics, 1971 Only a truly ex...

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