500 Units - Nova Constellatio “Type II” Pattern

Reverse

The All-Seeing Eye in a glory of rays at the center with 13 stars

Lettering: NOVA CONSTELLATIO

Edge

Twin olive leaf design

Comment

It is impossible to overstate the importance of this Coin. Walter Breen, an acknowledged expert on early proof coinage, believed this coin was struck in proof format, one of the earliest U.S. proofs on record and an attractive specimen of the coiner's art in any context. The Nova Constellatio patterns were struck by personnel hired by the U.S. government, acting on instructions from Congressional representatives. The coins represent the prototypes for the first system of American coinage ever conceived. They have serious claims to being the first U.S. pattern coins although they were struck under the authority of the Articles of Confederation, before the Constitution was written. This Type Two quint is unique, the ultimate in absolute rarity. It has been off the market for 34 years. Its combination of historic importance, high quality, and absolute rarity can be matched by few issues in any category of American numismatics. The discerning collector will heed the advice of John Ford and acquire this coin at any cost.
Ex: Benjamin Dudley and Robert Morris in 1783; unidentified New York City collector as a family heirloom until 1870; coin dealer William P. Brown; Sylvester Sage Crosby; Lorin G. Parmelee; Lorin G. Parmelee Collection (New York Coin & Stamp, 6/1890), lot 582; Harlan Page Smith; S.H. & H. Chapman; George Earle, Jr.; Henry Chapman; Col. James W. Ellsworth; Knoedler Galleries; Wayte Raymond; John Work Garrett; Johns Hopkins University; Garrett Collection, Part I (Bowers and Ruddy, 11/1979), lot 621; Walter Perschke. (NGC ID# 2AZA, PCGS# 821)

Interesting fact

Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
1783	1	-	-	-	-	-	-

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