LatinKing2020: Text replacement - " .892 fine" to " 0.892 fine"

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Text replacement - " .892 fine" to " 0.892 fine"

LatinKing2020: Text replacement - "Zurich," to "Zürich,"

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Text replacement - "Zurich," to "Zürich,"

LatinKing2020 at 21:05, 22 August 2021

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 ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but few.
-''Specification:'' 26.96 g, .892 fine silver, .773 troy oz ASW, lettered edge.
+''Specification:'' 26.96 g, 0.892 fine silver, .773 troy oz ASW, lettered edge.
 ''Catalog reference:'' KM 32.

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 - Impaired Proof. The Mint Cabinet Specimen. Ex Chief Coiner Adam Eckfeldt; Mint Cabinet; National Numismatic Collection in the Smithsonian Institution.
-- Proof-30. The Cohen Specimen. Ex Chief Coiner Adam Eckfeldt; unknown intermediaries; Edward Cohen, passed over the counter at his exchange office in Richmond, Virginia, circa 1865; Col. Mendes I. Cohen, Baltimore, Maryland; Edward Cogan's sale of the Colonel Mendes I. Cohen Collection, October 1875, lot 535; Henry S. Adams; Edward Cogan's sale of the Henry S. Adams Collection, November 1876, lot 356; Lorin G. Parmelee; Henry G. Sampson; Major William Boerum Wetmore; S.H. and H. Chapman's sale of the Major William Boerum Wetmore Collection, June 1906, lot 208; S.H. and H. Chapman; Thomas L. Elder; James H. Manning; B. Max Mehl's sale of the James H. Manning Collection, May 1921, lot 778; Elmer S. Sears; B. Max Mehl; Lammot DuPont; Willis H. DuPont; unknown thieves, recovered in Zurich, Switzerland, April 23, 1993; donated to the American Numismatic Association Museum.
+- Proof-30. The Cohen Specimen. Ex Chief Coiner Adam Eckfeldt; unknown intermediaries; Edward Cohen, passed over the counter at his exchange office in Richmond, Virginia, circa 1865; Col. Mendes I. Cohen, Baltimore, Maryland; Edward Cogan's sale of the Colonel Mendes I. Cohen Collection, October 1875, lot 535; Henry S. Adams; Edward Cogan's sale of the Henry S. Adams Collection, November 1876, lot 356; Lorin G. Parmelee; Henry G. Sampson; Major William Boerum Wetmore; S.H. and H. Chapman's sale of the Major William Boerum Wetmore Collection, June 1906, lot 208; S.H. and H. Chapman; Thomas L. Elder; James H. Manning; B. Max Mehl's sale of the James H. Manning Collection, May 1921, lot 778; Elmer S. Sears; B. Max Mehl; Lammot DuPont; Willis H. DuPont; unknown thieves, recovered in Zürich, Switzerland, April 23, 1993; donated to the American Numismatic Association Museum.
 Roster of Class II 1804 Dollars

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-[[Image:United States 1799 dollar obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]]
+[[Image:SB821-4114o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 4114]]
-[[Image:United States 1799 dollar rev DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb]]
+[[Image:SB821-4114r.jpg|300px|thumb]]
-This specimen was lot 4114 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $7,680,000. The catalog description noted, <blockquote>"The Sultan of Muscat-Watters-Brand-Childs-Pogue 1804 Dollar. Class I Original, The First Specimen Presented. The Finest Known Example of "The King of American Coins". 1804 Draped Bust Silver Dollar. Class I Original. BB-304. Proof-68 (PCGS).
+More bosh has been written about the 1804 silver dollar than any other coin, even the 1913 Liberty Head nickel. The following is a typical example. This specimen was lot 4114 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $7,680,000. The catalog description noted, <blockquote>"The Sultan of Muscat-Watters-Brand-Childs-Pogue 1804 Dollar. Class I Original, The First Specimen Presented. The Finest Known Example of "The King of American Coins". 1804 Draped Bust Silver Dollar. Class I Original. BB-304. Proof-68 (PCGS).
 There are rarer coins, but in the federal series there are none that challenge the fame, tradition, and glory given to the 1804 silver dollar. In 1941 B. Max Mehl called it "The King of American Coins," and it still commands that numismatic throne. Over a long period of years it has been our pleasure to have handled most of the 15 1804 dollars in existence. Eight Class I dollars are known, one Class II (in the National Numismatic Collection in the Smithsonian Institution), and six of the Class III. Each of our past offerings has created a sensation. The ownership of an 1804 dollar places the buyer in a Pantheon of numismatic fame.
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 It is an honor to once again present the Sultan of Muscat-Watters-Brand-Childs-Pogue 1804 dollar in one of our catalogs. This legendary coin -- the finest known 1804 dollar -- first appeared in our (Bowers and Merena's) April 1999 sale of the Walter H. Childs Collection, where it set a new world record price as it became part of the fabulous D. Brent Pogue Collection. It is our pleasure to offer this coin in the current sale on behalf of the Pogue family, who chose to retain it as a family treasure when it was featured in our May 2016 Pogue Collection Part IV sale.
-History of the Class I 1804 Dollar
+'''History of the Class I 1804 Dollar'''
 No offering of an 1804 silver dollar would be complete without a background story, as its history is filled with colorful figures and fascinating stories of the inner workings of the Mint in early to mid-19th century America.
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 On board the sloop USS Peacock when she departed New York Harbor on April 23, 1835, were four of the special coinage sets requested by the Department of State, each of which included a Class I 1804 dollar. Two of these gift sets, one boxed in red leather, the other in yellow leather, were delivered by Edmund Roberts, special envoy of President Andrew Jackson. One set was presented to the Sultan of Muscat in October 1835 (see below). That now known as the King of Siam set, which we (Bowers and Merena) offered in October 1987, was presented by Roberts in April 1836. The other two sets, intended for the emperors of Cochin-China and Japan, were never delivered as Roberts became sick and died in June 1836, before completing his mission. The sets were presumably returned to the Department of State when the Peacock returned to the United States in November 1837. The four additional Class I 1804 dollars (ie., those not included in diplomatic Proof sets) were retained by Chief Coiner Adam Eckfeldt and included in the Mint Cabinet when the collection was formed in 1838. Three of those were eventually dispersed by the Mint, at least one in trade for other objects for the Mint Cabinet collection, while the fourth remained in that collection and now resides in the Smithsonian Institution. These eight pieces make up the entire known population of Class I 1804 dollars. By name these are the Sultan of Muscat specimen, King of Siam specimen, Stickney specimen, Dexter specimen, Parmelee specimen, Mickley specimen, Mint Cabinet specimen, and the Cohen specimen. Several of these Class I 1804 dollars are permanently impounded in or on loan to museum collections.
-History of the Class II and Class III 1804 Dollars
+'''History of the Class II and Class III 1804 Dollars'''
 After 1857, interest in coin collecting blossomed in America. The U.S. Mint was an active player in the marketplace, producing medals and medallic coins, today called "patterns" (although they were never intended as trial or experimental pieces), to sell or trade for items lacking in the Mint's cabinet. As the fame and market value of the 1804 dollar grew, certain Mint personnel retrieved the obverse used to strike the Class I specimens in the 1830s and paired it with either the unused reverse die from that earlier decade, or a new Heraldic Eagle dollar reverse die created in the late 1850s. Regardless of when it was produced, this is Reverse Y and, with the single 1804-dated obverse, it was used to strike several brand new 1804 dollars to meet collector demand. These coins were produced unofficially, circa 1858, by George J. Eckfeldt and his son Theodore Eckfeldt. As related in an interview with Philadelphia dealer S.K. Harzfeld in 1880, Mint Superintendent A. Loudon Snowden, nephew of James Ross Snowden, mint director from 1853 to 1861, stated:
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 Six coins comprise the total population of the Class III 1804 dollars, half of which are in institutions: the American Numismatic Society, the American Numismatic Association, and the Smithsonian Institution, whose example was the property of Mint Director Henry R. Linderman. Mint officials created elaborate guarantees of authenticity to cover the tracks of their activities, even as their unofficial practices were well known. For the Class III 1804 dollars, this included jostling with other coins, use as pocket pieces, or other handling to give them the appearance of having been lightly circulated -- in other words, coins used in commerce since 1804. Most of the pieces were initially marketed by two Philadelphia dealers with close private connections to the Mint -- William Idler and Captain John W. Haseltine. Despite their troublesome origins, these manufactured rarities were soon highly valued as collectibles. In time they found their way to leading numismatists, including an example to T. Harrison Garrett, who in the late 19th century had the largest private coin collection in America. We were proud to offer the Berg-Garrett specimen of the Class III 1804 dollar in our March 2020 auction of the D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part VII.
-The Sultan of Muscat-Watters-Brand-Childs-Pogue Class I 1804 Dollar
+'''The Sultan of Muscat-Watters-Brand-Childs-Pogue Class I 1804 Dollar'''
 American Foreign Policy Turns to the Pacific
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 Upon departing on October 7, 1833, Roberts was given a letter from the Sultan to President Andrew Jackson, "whose name shines with so much brilliancy throughout the world." The Sultan extended offers of friendship and commercial consideration, affirming the desirability of a treaty of friendship and commerce and guaranteeing the United States status as a favored trading partner. Roberts had succeeded in establishing a relationship with the Sultan of Muscat, but work remained: a treaty would need to be signed and ratified on a subsequent visit. Planning for the next visit began soon after Roberts' return to the United States.
-Roberts Returns to Muscat
+'''Roberts Returns to Muscat'''
 The following September, in 1834, Secretary of State John Forsyth began discussing the arrangements with Roberts. "Although you mention in one of your letters that you had not promised to the Sultan of Muscat any additional presents," Forsyth wrote to Roberts on September 26, "it may be proper, and may be expected in conformity with usage, that some gifts should be made on that occasion." In the same letter, Forsyth asked Roberts for gift suggestions "without requiring any large expenditure of money." Newman and Bressett discussed Roberts' October 8 response, which "pointed out that United States' presents are cheap, inadequate, and insulting from an Asiatic point of view and that such actions make America appear provincial instead of important." Roberts had an idea of a gift that would make the opposite impression.
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 On its own, such a coin would stick out prominently in a collection like Watters'. But in the next few dozen lots, among the holed 1807 quarter, the Proof coins of the 1880s and 1890s, and the large lot of circulated nickels, were coins that arranged like a constellation around the Watters 1804 dollar, forming something together that was greater than the sum of their parts. Lot 240 included eight half dollars, all of which were graded "fine," dated from 1836 to 1846, but for one: "1834, proof." Lot 246 offered 10 quarter dollars, an assortment from 1836 to 1856 that included a single New Orleans Mint issue and all graded "very fine" but one: "1834, proof." Lot 254 was an unspectacular dozen half dimes, including a 1795 called "good," 10 pieces from 1829 to 1834, including several duplicates, called "very fine," and another half dime that seemed not to belong: "1834, a proof." While the gold was nowhere to be seen, clearly Watters owned most of an 1834 Proof set. If he owned the dime, cent, and half cent that went with it, they were unappreciated and mixed into other lots, namely lot 250 (nine dimes, including an 1834), lot 278 (23 cents from 1821 to 1839) and lot 283 (20 half cents from 1809 to 1857). What Watters had acquired, probably in London about 1867, was the remains of a set of United States coins distributed in 1834 by the United States Department of State. Watters had purchased what was left of the set given to the Sultan of Muscat on October 1, 1835.
-The Sultan of Muscat Dollar Returns to the United States
+'''The Sultan of Muscat Dollar Returns to the United States'''
 The Watters 1804 dollar brought £330, or $1,600, purchased by Henry Chapman of Philadelphia. Then a veteran of more than 40 years in the coin business, Chapman likely remembered the letters about the Watters 1804 dollar that were published in Ebenezer Locke Mason, Jr.'s house organ in 1879 and 1885, when Mason tried unsuccessfully to acquire Watters' prized dollar. The price at the 1917 Watters sale was high enough to indicate that Chapman was not the only knowledgeable bidder, but his underbidders are unknown. Chapman kept the coin for just over a year, making delivery to Virgil Brand on the 370th day, June 20, 1918. The coin was entered into the Brand ledgers as #86957. Though Brand owned hundreds of thousands of rare coins, from all nations and eras, this coin was the only 1804 dollar his enormous collection ever included.

United States 1804 dollar - Revision history

LatinKing2020: Text replacement - " .892 fine" to " 0.892 fine"

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