Resolute Americana Continental Dollar Collection

Owner Comments:

This is a newly discoverd die variety in pewter, a Newman 1-A. Until December 2015, when Brian Koller discovered it as a normally submitted item for the Heritage January auction, no pewter 1-As were thought to exist. Prior to its discovery, there were only three examples of the dotted ring variety and all in brass. The internal email communications within Heritage Auctions revealed a high level of excitement and lead cataloguer, Mark Borckardt, said, "I was completely shocked when I saw it." It has been probably nearly 44 years since a new variety has been discovered. Obviously, this coin has seen better days but it does demonstrate that at the initial beginnings of these coins, there was great creativity and experimentation taking place. Now that one is known to exist, I am sure there will begin a movement to discover additional examples. It's truly amazing to me that after nearly 240 years of these coins being collected that a new die variety can be discovered. With its discovery, a complete set of seven die varieties can now be assembled in pewter.