The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-13

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IN ~ anol ~pniitlnn. snli twp year, 40 ~
tho Mills aale fof s9gs
A. thu satne sale IN 1851 fhr huver ~ Tho
rent vaa laughed y, for psvina u Tor a
prpuf lees taitern dollar On Thursday
t1oa was tatl for an lsis pattern dollar.
~ tho 1881 salr Tho pairrha err ~ th,ae coins
ala bought twu prpof pattern dollar, ~
is1a Tor 81 "a each On Thursday u st-ci-
men ~ one ~ the varintie lea ~ that year anIl
Tor SEQ Tho lslp dollar brought 80.
The record hgtir' .of tho smith slle via
o. ,ig5. paid for a FIVE dollar gold piecr ~
is22. and yet this is the first time that this
coin haa sold for moro than si ooo This
coin sold for 5000 at the parmelce sale In
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In 1874 q half dime Of 1877 In fine condition q.
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for go one at the Pannelee sale went
for So I'm lSD this cnin brought $40,
while a specimen at the Smith sale ~ the
Slme date brought $500.
The 1918 half eagle. which brought the
second highest priCe NJ the gale, 81 .O5N,
has also gone up in value rapidly In one
sale In 1853 a good specimen brought only
So, while AZ another the same date sold for
s3OO. Another Of tho same kind sold for
s23j when the Parnelee collection was
dispersed
For a quarter dollar Of 1924, the rarest
of coins ~ this denomination, $500 was raid
at the recent sale. 4 specimen in fine
condition sold in 1870 for SIS.
In no series Of coins have there been
more rapid or greater advances in value
than in The list of half cents. A specimen
Of any one of the proof half cents dated
from 1870 to 1919 could be bought as low a.
$3.50 in 1870. At the Smith sale "a fine speCi-
men dated 1896 brought SIS; one Of 1870,
SIS; is4l $40; lsl7, $50; lsis, $50; lsi9. S57 so;
while the rarest of this period, that dated
1882, brought $50.
The prices brought by the cents was
unprecedented. mainly due to their re-
markahle state of preservation. many of
the earliest dates still appearing AZ red as
when dropped from the dies. The most
noteworthy was the rare issue Of 1875. with
lettered edge and thick p%lanchet. This
was the finest coin OF this character known,
and at the Parmelee sale brought 800. The
Identical cent at the smith sale went to O
New York dealer for Sli5.
One Of the 1870 twenty-dollar 'goloid"
pattern pieces, Of which it is said only
three We're struck. brought $i3 at the Davis
sale in 1890. yet the same coin at the Smith
sale went for $3.50.
A four-dollar gold piece Of 1879 was dis
posed Of at the Davis sale in 1890 for $500.
At the recent sale s255 was paid for one
variety, while another fetched SIS. Still
another pattern four-dollar, or Stella
gold piece, dated 1850, which differed but
a trife from the 1879 variety. brought $3.50.
and another variety Of the same year sold
for $3.50.
Acopper ffty-dollar gold pattern brought
$50. This same coin at the Davis sale
brought only sfO,50
dition, brought sS2 at the Bushnell sale in
1872. The same coin at the Davis sale in
1890 went for $40, while one at the recent
sale, also in fine condition, brought ss2 so.
A silver dollar of 1851, a sharp and per-
feet specimen of this year, there being
sale. At the Smith sale the same coin
fetched SIS. One dated 1852. also n proof
coin. sold for SAT at the Davis sale. At
the Smith sale the same coin went for SIS.
Only LOO of these coins were issued
There was one instance In which there
was n slight drop in a coins value. That
was for the half-dollar of 1890, without the
motto, an God We Trust" A specimen
of this kind brought $35 at the DAVIS sale,
while only 500 was bid for it at the Smith
sale.
4 very good half dollar Of 1897, Of which
S.ols were coined, brought SIS at the Davis
sale. One Of the same date, in not much
better condition, brought sl2o at the Smith
sale.
A Confederate cent struck in gold, in
scrihed Confederate States of America, y
dated 1901, brought $50, A specimen sold
at the Woodward sale in 1888 brought. only
$3.50. 1t is supposed that there are seven
Of these gold coins in existence, There
are also nrty-fve in copper, t welve in silver,
and twelve in nickel.