Ex Don Parsley and Jerome Zonca At the 1990 Centennial ANA Convention in Chicago Don Parlsey blessed me with two double-row boxes of raw bust halves, duplicates from the Overton Collection. (Don, you will recall, was Al Overton’s son-in law.) I had special tags printed. I signed each one, attesting to the Overton provenance. Today, those little red tags are about as rare as the coin here offered! You will find one attached to the PCGS slab along with Don Parsley’s personal note, showing its date of acquisition and a suggested grade of F.12. The coin resurfaced in 2013, still raw. It was consigned to my August 2013 ANA Sale, MB 37, lot 120. I graded it VG 10. Jerry Zonca prevailed at $5,148. I offered a short history of this charismatic die pair. It was unknown to Al Overton when he published his 1st Edition in 1966. Al, in fact, never owned an O.137. Don Parsley added this coin to the Overton Collection in April 2013. Floyd Farley discovered the variety in December 1968. The population has worked its way to 20 or so examples, putting it in the R.6 rarity basket with other notables: 1817 O.104, 1823 O.113, 1827 O.148 and 1831 O.120. The coin is just about perfect for the grade. It has natural grey toning, dark at the rims, lighter in the centers. There are no blemishes in the centers, the fields or on the rims.
Estimate: $3,500 to $5,000
Auction Ended
High Bid
Maximum Bid
Total Price
$3,000
Reserve met
$4,200
$3,300
Please log in with an approved account to place a bid.
Sheridan Downey, Numismatist 4400 Keller Ave.,
Suite 140, PMB 398 Oakland, California 94605 sdowney3@aol.com (510) 479-1585
