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PEI Holey Dollar

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Canada Start Price:2,750.00 CAD Estimated At:5,500.00 - 6,000.00 CAD
PEI Holey Dollar
SOLD
4,250.00CAD+ (850.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2014 May 30 @ 22:02UTC-4 : AST/EDT
The Cataloguers have taken every reasonable measure to ensure that all the lots are as described by Geoffrey Bell Auctions. Many of the lots are third party graded by PCGS, PMG, ICCS - We feel these are the most recognized grading companies in the industry.
PEI Holey Dollar - CH PE-1A, Faulkner B. 10, “Byrne Dollar,” 1808 Charles IV Lima JP, Fine, darkly toned. This is one of thirteen Holey Dollars with the Group B countermark, one of four Lima mint coins in this Group, and one of only eleven Lima mint coins out of the 79 legitimate Holey Dollars recorded. Its first sale appearance was as lot 596 in the August 1966 CNA auction and it made a number of auction appearances thereafter until it was acquired by Ray Byrne in 1970. Byrne was a notable collector of West Indies cut and countermarked coins. This coin clearly circulated after being pierced. Consistent with the application of the countermark by hand with a single punch, the ten rays are unevenly impressed. By any measure, this is a rare Holey Dollar. With PNG Certificate and black and white photographs. Ex: Charles Moore.
This lot is part of the extensive George H. Thomson Collection.