1652 New England threepence is real!

Let the bidding commence.
https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/l...-1-a-salmon-1-a-w-1-rarity-8-ef-45-pcgs-cmq-x

 

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I looked up the 1873 medal by George H. Lovett mentioned in the auction blurb. The illustration of the NE threepence is rather crude but it's interesting. I'm guessing the tree is supposed to represent the one on the pine tree shilling.

Probably based off the sketch of the Yale coin that was on the cover of Yale's 1863 catalog.

 

I think it’s out of my price range.

 

Live bidding has commenced, currently $90k but it's very early.
https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/l...-1-a-salmon-1-a-w-1-rarity-8-ef-45-pcgs-cmq-x

Edit - oops wrong link, fixed

 

Good guess. Sold for $2.1M, $2.52M with BP. It struggled to get above $2M with two bidders left. Took 12 minutes to finally hammer. I wonder if it will disappear for decades or pop up again in the next few years. Good result for the owner regardless, since it was bought in an old cabinet along with some other random tokens and he had no idea what it was until years later. Almost sad in a way to finally have it over with - it took over 4 years to authenticate and I was following it the whole time.

 

I was only off by $8 million.

 

I thought it would go a lot higher. Seems like there wasn't much hype. No major news site ran an article that I can find. Compare that with the 1975 No S proof dime a few weeks ago that was all over the news. I suppose all the deep pocket collectors were aware of it anyway though.

 

Agreed I don't think it was on enough folks radar. I wonder who bought it?
Maybe the Tyrant guy?

 

whats w the lion birdy sticker ?

 

It's the new CMQ (Collectable Market Qualified) sticker. Basically it's the Stacks Bowers version of a CAC sticker.

https://cmq.stacksbowers.com/

 

I looked that up too and it made me chuckle. This coin meets their rigorous market standards, as opposed to all the other 1652 NE threepence to choose from.