Lot Essay
See also colour illustration on page 8
Details
Octagonal countermark, on a United States of America Dollar, 1799, large eagle type (ESC 143; Davis -; S.3766), coin and countermark good very fine, extremely rare
Provenance
Bought Spink and Son March 1957
Mrs E M H Norweb, Spink Auction 56, 19 November 1986, lot 1037
Four other octagonal countermarked United States Dollars are recorded
a) The British Museum, 1798 large Eagle type
b) The Bank of England, 1799 large Eagle type
c) Lord Hamilton Collection, Spink Auction 3, 21 February 1979, lot 480, 1799 large Eagle type
d) Dr Bruno Mantegazza, Spink Auction 113, 5 March 1996, lot 87, 1798 small Eagle type
Mrs E M H Norweb, Spink Auction 56, 19 November 1986, lot 1037
Four other octagonal countermarked United States Dollars are recorded
a) The British Museum, 1798 large Eagle type
b) The Bank of England, 1799 large Eagle type
c) Lord Hamilton Collection, Spink Auction 3, 21 February 1979, lot 480, 1799 large Eagle type
d) Dr Bruno Mantegazza, Spink Auction 113, 5 March 1996, lot 87, 1798 small Eagle type