Results Set Record for the Firm's Highest Grossing Auction Sale in its 90+ Year History.
Patterns (1831) Values
The Patterns (1831) series of Pattern Coinage in the U.S. Coins contains 1 distinct entries.
History and Overview
Listed as a pattern for this date is an 1831 striking from regular quarter eagle dies, but in silver rather than gold. Apparently, one or more of these were struck in the same date as on the coin. It has been suggested that this may be a “mint error,” struck on a silver dime planchet. If so, it is unlikely to have escaped from the Mint as a ten-cent piece.
Collecting Perspective
The silver quarter eagle of 1831, J-49, is unique.
Greysheet News
While reviewing the initial results in various categories of recent auctions, my initial take is that the sales were moderate to strong.
More than 300 lots, consisting of high quality Walking Liberty half dollars from the Mack C. Chase Collection are set to cross the auction block as part of Stack's Bowers Galleries' November Showcase Auction, the official auction of the Whitman Expo.





