1861 Parsons Two-and-a-Half Dollar Die Trial - K-1b, Brass
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- Price realized
- $11,000
- Sold
- Grade
- AU
- Auction house
- Stack's
Description
This is a brass striking from the dies of the John Parsons & Co. two-and-a-half-dollar piece. John Parsons & Co. coined gold near the Tarryall Mines in South Park, which were found in 1859. Raymond lists undated two-and-a-half and five-dollar pieces and counts Parsons and Conway as much smaller coiners than Clark, Gruber & Co. It is a striking from the firm's dies in a base metal, not one of the gold coins. Catalogue number: K-1b. PCGS number 10310.
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K-1b
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