Lot Number 45

A fabulous example of this noted rarity.  (Al Overton considered it R.8.)  The originality of the piece is unquestioned.  The surfaces are clothed in a protective blanket of antique grey, darker in crevices that adjoin the devices.  Richard Pugh taught me to expect mushy strikes on most die pairs rated R.5 or higher.  The dies, after all, were often in short-lived marriages and at least one of them was usually nearing the end its working life.  The `24-114 is an example.  The obverse die saw long service on the O.113.  Its marriage to a new partner was brief.  High grade examples of the 114 are seriously rare.  This example, from the Davignon collection, is among the top 6 or 7 known.  It comes with a glorious pedigree.  Keith acquired it in January 2012.  Before then it served as a showcase coin in the collections of three noted collectors: Michael Summers, David Kahn and Brad Higgins.    Est. $2,300 to $3,300.

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