Lot 1413
1890-CC. PCGS graded MS-64. A hint of light tone on this extra frosty example. The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the "Mauve Decade," because William Henry Perkin's aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the "Gay Nineties", under the then-current usage of the word "gay" which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, without the connotations in present-day usage. The phrase, "The Gay Nineties," was not coined until 1926 (PCGS # 7198) .
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,050.
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| Realized $1,121 |
