The Cardinal Collection 1794 Set in Boston Rarities Sale
Bowers and Merena Auctions to Host Boston Rarities Sale
Auction to Feature Condition Census #4 1794 Silver Dollar
Bowers and Merena Auctions will host its Boston Rarities Sale on Saturday, August 7, at The Boston Park Plaza Hotel in Boston, Mass. The sale, comprised of nearly 1,800 lots, will feature world-class rarities and highly desirable collectors' coins.
"Three consignments stand out in my mind as defining elements of the importance of this sale: the Cardinal Collection Educational Foundation Mint State Set of 1794 United States Coinage, the Horseshoe Collection of New Orleans Mint gold and silver coins, and the Ostheimer Specimen of the 1870-S Seated Liberty Silver Dollar," said Greg Roberts, CEO of Bowers and Merena. "With selections as diverse, important and desirable as these, we are confident that our Boston Rarities Sale will see spirited bidding from a wide variety of collectors."
The Cardinal Collection Educational Foundation (CCEF) Mint Set of 1794 United States Coinage is a fully Mint State complete set of 1794-dated coins struck from the Half Cent through the Silver Dollar with most coins choice to gem in quality. The coins are among the finest known for their respective issues and die varieties, but the obvious highlight of the set is the Virgil Brand-F.C.C. Boyd-Cardinal specimen of the 1794 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar. Certified MS-64 by NGC, the coin is Condition Census #4 for the issue and one of only six Mint State examples known to exist. The five coins in the 1794 Mint State Set will be auctioned individually at the beginning of the beginning of the Silver Dollar section.
"This important offering is made possible by the CCEF's recent acquisition of the Carter-Contursi 1794 Silver Dollar, graded PCGS Specimen-66, which recently sold for $7,850,000 in a transaction that set a world record price for the most valuable coin," said Roberts.
The Cardinal 1794 Mint State Set:
Lot #1001. 1794 Liberty Cap Half Cent. C-9, B-9. Rarity-2. Manley Die State 1.0. High Relief Head. MS-65 BN (NGC).
Lot #1002. 1794 Liberty Cap Cent. S-29. Rarity-2. Head Of 1794. MS-65 BN (NGC).
Lot #1003. 1794 Flowing Hair Half Dime. LM-3, V-3A. Rarity-4. MS-67 (NGC).
Lot #1004. 1794 Flowing Hair Half Dollar. O-105. Rarity-5. MS-62 (NGC).
Lot #1005. 1794 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar. BB-1, B-1, The Only Known Dies. Rarity-4. Bowers Die State III. MS-64 (NGC).