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Sale 62
The Pre-Long Beach Coin and Currency Auction
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Lot 2436 |
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2009-W $25 Buffalo Gold, ½ oz. Early Release. NGC graded MS-69.
Estimated Value $900 - 950.
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$1,035 |
Lot 2437 |
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2006-W $50 Gold Buffalo .9999 Fine. NGC graded Proof 70 Ultra Cameo. A perfect coin.
The reverse on both the original Buffalo Nickel and this one ounce gold "Buffalo" is by the artist James Earle Fraser, and is memorable in its profile view of a bison bull. In recalling this particular work, Fraser spoke of its unique character: "My first objective was to produce a coin which was truly American, and that could not be confused with the currency of any other country. I made sure, therefore, to use none of the attributes that other nations had used in the past. And, in my search for symbols, I found no motif within the boundaries of the United States so distinctive as the American buffalo."
Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,400.
The Dr. Hesselgesser Collection.
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| Unsold |
Lot 2438 |
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2006-W $50 Gold Buffalo .9999 Fine. NGC graded Proof 70 Ultra Cameo First Year of Issue.
It appears that even the artist who designed the original Buffalo Nickel in 1913, James Earle Fraser, preferred the familiar term "buffalo" to the more zoologically correct bison. Semantics aside, the model for the nickel's reverse is known to have been a bull named Black Diamond. This animal was then a resident of New York City's Central Park Zoo and was already about seventeen years old at the time. Fraser's own correspondence reveals his exasperation in attempting to keep this beast posed in profile as depicted on the coin. Evidently quite uncooperative, it insisted on confronting the artist head on and would return to this stance immediately after being corrected.
Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,400.
The Dr. Hesselgesser Collection.
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| Unsold |
Lot 2439 |
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2006-W $50 Gold Buffalo .9999 Fine. NGC graded Proof 70 Ultra Cameo First Strikes. A perfect coin.
Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,400.
The Dr. Hesselgesser Collection.
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| Unsold |
Lot 2440 |
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2007-W $50 Gold Buffalo .9999 Fine. NGC graded Proof 70 Ultra Cameo Early Releases.
An immediate question that arose following the introduction of the new Buffalo nickel in 1913 (the model for this prestigous 21st century gold rendition) was the identity of the obverse model. Pressed for an answer, designer James Earle Fraser eventually felt compelled to respond: he revealed the names of Iron Tail, a Sioux, and Two Moons, a Cheyenne, as being among the three models engaged. His memory failed him on the identity of the third, but the most reliable evidence suggests that the third model was Big Tree, a Kiowa.
Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,400.
The Dr. Hesselgesser Collection.
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