Stack's Bowers 稀有品夜間拍賣以三枚高檔新奧爾良鑄幣理髮師 10 角硬幣為特色

Stack's Bowers Galleries 8 月13 日的稀有品之夜拍賣中展出了三枚連續幾年鑄造的1890 年代高級新奧爾良造幣廠理髮師10 分硬幣，這些硬幣是該系列中發行量較低的硬幣。

Three high-grade New Orleans Mint Barber dimes from the 1890s, each struck in a year with a lower mintage in the series, were offered in Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ Aug. 13 Rarities Night sale.

Stack's Bowers Galleries 8 月 13 日的稀有品之夜拍賣會上出售了三枚 1890 年代的高級新奧爾良鑄幣廠理髮師 10 分硬幣，每枚都在該系列中的發行量較低的一年內鑄造。

An 1894-O Barber dime graded Mint State 66 by Professional Coin Grading Service carried a green Certified Acceptance Corp. sticker and was once in the collection of Louis E. Eliasberg Sr. It was more recently among Legend Rare Coin Auctions’ December 2014 offering of selections from the Bob R. Simpson Collection, where it realized $21,737.50. A decade later the price improved modestly, and it sold for $24,000 Aug. 13. It had been purchased directly from the New Orleans Mint in November 1894 by J.M. Clapp.

一枚1894 年O 版Barber 10 分硬幣被專業硬幣評級服務機構評為鑄幣廠66 級，帶有綠色Certified Acceptance Corp. 貼紙，曾是Louis E. Eliasberg Sr. 的收藏。 Coin Auctions 2014 年12 月的拍賣品中。十年後，價格略有上漲，8 月 13 日以 24,000 美元的價格售出。

Going down a bit in price from its 2014 offering was the 1895-O Barber dime, graded MS-65 by PCGS and also carrying a green CAC sticker. Its provenance, going back more than a century, included a long stint in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. R. Henry Norweb, until Bowers and Merena offered it at its Norweb Collection sale in 1987 where it realized $4,180. When it sold at Heritage’s January 2014 Florida United Numismatists convention as part of the David and Sharron Akers Collection, it realized $34,075, while in its recent Aug. 13 sale it sold for $22,800.

1895-O Barber 10 分硬幣的價格較 2014 年下降，PCGS 評級為 MS-65，也貼有綠色 CAC 貼紙。它的起源可以追溯到一個多世紀前，曾長期被 R. Henry Norweb 夫婦收藏，直到 1987 年 Bowers and Merena 在 Norweb Collection 拍賣會上出售它，最終成交價為 4,180 美元。當它在2014 年1 月舉行的佛羅裡達聯合錢幣主義者大會上作為David 和Sharron Akers 收藏的一部分出售時，成交價為34,075 美元，而在最近的8 月13 日拍賣會上，它的售價為22,800 美元。

It is from a low mintage of just 440,000 and is considered by many as the rarest issue in the series in Mint State grades. Stack’s Bowers called it, “A boldly struck and visually appealing Gem dressed in delicate powder blue and deeper olive-gold patina,” adding, “Softly frosted luster is full and undisturbed by all but a few trivial marks that are well concealed by the toning.”

它的發行量很低，只有 44 萬枚，被許多人認為是造幣廠等級系列中最稀有的發行品。 Stack 的鮑爾斯(Stack's Bowers) 稱其為“一顆大膽的寶石，具有精緻的粉藍色和更深的橄欖金銅綠，外觀大膽，具有視覺吸引力”，並補充道，“柔和的磨砂光澤飽滿，不受除少數微不足道的痕跡幹擾，這些痕跡被色調很好地隱藏了” 」。

Finally, $21,600 took home an 1896-O barber dime graded MS-67 by CAC Grading that was previously offered in Heritage’s October 2014 Gene Gardner Part II auction, then-graded MS-67 by Numismatic Guaranty Co. and carrying a green CAC sticker, where it realized $12,925. Heritage called it virtually pristine, writing, “This delightful Superb Gem is highly lustrous with modest brightness in the fields and lovely shades of cobalt-blue and russet-red patina that are strong near the peripheries and somewhat noticeable in the fields.” Stack’s Bowers noted, “Richly and originally toned, as well, mottled cobalt blue and reddish-rose iridescence appears to drift toward the borders,” and it appreciated nicely from its Gardner presentation, though one can debate whether the new CACG holder boosted its prospects over its former CAC’d NGC slab.

最後，以21,600 美元的價格贏得了一枚1896-O 理髮師一角硬幣，經CAC Grading 評級為MS-67，該硬幣之前曾在Heritage 2014 年10 月的Gene Gardner Part II 拍賣中出售，當時由Numismatic Guaranty Co. 評級為MS-67，並貼有綠色CAC 貼紙，其收益為 12,925 美元。 Heritage 稱它幾乎是原始的，寫道：“這顆令人愉悅的優質寶石光澤度很高，在田野中亮度適中，鈷藍色和赤褐色的銅綠色調在邊緣附近很強烈，在田野中有些明顯。” Stack 的Bowers 指出，“斑駁的鈷藍色和紅玫瑰色虹彩看起來也很豐富且原始色調，似乎正在向邊界漂移”，並且它從Gardner 的演示中得到了很好的讚賞，儘管人們可以爭論新的CACG 持有者是否提升了它的前景超過其前 CAC 的 NGC 板。