HARRY LAIBSTAIN LESHER DOLLAR OFFERING

Nice original example of imprint with no name and no number. Only 7 coins graded this variety at PCGS. We sold this coin in 2012 for 3750. This is the only one of 7 to have CAC. 19006 (TV)

From an original mintage of about 150, some 60 are known. The name sake of this issue was a jeweler in Denver, Colorado. The issue comes with and without numbers. Only 4 of the 15 graded by PCGS are CAC. Greysheet bid/ask at 3300/4120. 19012 (FP)

Choice example for the grade. Only 7 examples of this scarce variety graded by PCGS in all grades. This the only one with a CAC sticker. A 53 non cac sold 3960 12/19 with CU for 53 @ 4500. No data for AU50. Trades are too infrequent. 19013 (FP)

Very scarce with Cohen namesake. This example is well detailed and appears undergraded. The only recent auction result is a non cac 50 which brought 9,900 8/19. A real find for the specialist. 19008 (FP)

Rare Klein namesake has just one result at public auction and that for an NGC 61. Only 7 survivors making this a high R7. This one likely carried as a pocket piece is truly a find. Previous owner paid 6000 and said was the only one he found in over ten years of searching. 19009 (FP)

"A few comments: for Boyd Park, original mintage is likely to be much higher than 150 (Wilde's estimate); Lesher told Zerbe in 1914 that Park sold between 500 and 1,000 pieces, and Zerbe quoted Denver people as seeing "hundreds" in Park's show window. However, most of these must have been melted when sales dropped. My current count for Boyd Park is 66 total, 45 of which are numbered (none of Laidstain's pieces are new discoveries).

"For David Klein, he told Zerbe in 1914 that he had purchased 300 from Lesher. Since this is incompatible with the rarity of his named pieces, I assumed (Forgotten Colorado Silver, pp. 101-02) that 200 of these were supplied blank, leaving Wilde's estimate of 100 named pieces intact. My count is 15 pieces, one of which has his name engraved, not stamped; it might be a pattern for the stamp maker (or a fake made to fool collectors). (As an aside, Klein is buried in the Garden of Shalom section of Hollywood Forever Cemetery, the last resting place of Rudolph Valentino, Mickey Rooney, and many other Hollywood stars.)

"A hoard of 17 Klein pieces remains to be discovered (Forgotten Colorado Silver, p 48, the "Lost Coffee Can Treasure"). The late Richard Hartzog was on the trail of this, but did not make much progress before he died. Good Luck!"