Stack’s Bowers Galleries
is thrilled to present the incredible 1879 Quintuple Stella from the Garrett
Collection in their Official Auction of the Whitman Coins & Collectibles
Baltimore Expo this March.
The 1879 Quintuple Stella
is among the most legendary issues of United States numismatics, recognized for
both its beauty and incredible rarity. It is the larger sibling to the more
prolific Four-Dollar Stellas struck in 1879 and 1880, and shares with them a
similar obverse legend outlining their proposed compositions in metric units.
These issues were products of a global push to establish an international
currency and stabilize the price of silver, which had been falling since the
California Gold Rush, which began in the late 1840s. Though the Mint issued several
significant patterns in the 1870s and 1880s, none were ultimately approved for
circulation and the idea of an international currency was abandoned by the
United States.
The Quintuple Stella is
much rarer than the Four-Dollar Stella. Just five examples survive of this
large $20 pattern, one of which is forever impounded in the Smithsonian
Institution. The most recent example to sell was the Brand-Carter-Simpson
specimen that realized nearly $1.9 million in a May 2016 auction.
The piece to be offered
by Stack’s Bowers Galleries can be traced directly back to its origins at the
U.S. Mint, and has since passed through the hands of several significant
numismatists, including J.W. Haseltine, Dr. Edward Maris, and, of course, the
Garrett family. Stack’s Bowers Galleries first handled this incredible treasure
nearly 40 years ago as part of Bowers and Ruddy’s sale of the magnificent
Garrett Collection, sold on behalf of the Johns Hopkins University. It is now
certified Proof-63 Cameo by PCGS and is certainly one of the most beautiful
survivors of this rare gold pattern.
Stack’s Bowers Galleries
is delighted to once again present this treasure, a featured highlight of their
March 2018 Baltimore Auction. It will be offered alongside numerous other
rarities, including items from the Vanderbilt Collection, the ESM Collection, the
Sutton Court Collection, the Dobbins Collection, the Joel R. Anderson Currency
Collection and many other exciting cabinets. The sale will be available for
viewing and bidding online at www.StacksBowers.com.
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