PALESTINE P8d "CRUSADER'S TOWER" P.C.G.S. 40
PALESTINE P8d DATED 1.1.1944 5 POUNDS GRADED PCGS 40! RARE-ONLY 28 TOTAL EVER CERTIFIED BY ALL GRADING CO'S AND ONLY 1 OF THOSE ARE JUST "SLIGHTLY HIGHER" (MAINLY 53) GRADES "CRUSADER'S TOWER" BUILT IN THE 1200'S (13TH CENTURY)! VERY VERY VERY RARE - THIS IS "THE" 2nd FINEST KNOWN BY ALL GRADING CO'S THAT WE COULD FIND (ACTUALLY TIED WITH 1 OTHER 45 XF THAT IS "MOST" CERTAINLY BURIED FOR THE AGES!). THIS PIECE BRINGS GREAT EXCITEMENT, AS IT CAN NOT BE UNDERSCORED ENOUGH THE ABSOLUTE PRISTINE - TOTALLY ORIGINAL STATE OF THE NOTE!" I'VE VIEWED SEVERAL OF THIS NOTE TYPE OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS AND HAVE "NOT!" SEEN ANOTHER ORIGINAL PIECE WITHOUT REPAIRS OR REMOVED GRAFFITI. THE COLLECTOR BASE FOR SUCH A PIECE IS EMENSE AND THE SUPPLY IS EXTREMELY LOW. THROUGH EXTENSIVE RESEARCH I'VE BEEN ABLE TO LOCATED JUST 29 CERTIFIED EXAMPLES IN TOTAL - WITH ONLY 2 IN XF 40 AND 1 OTHER IN 45 (NO PQ'S!). THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PIECE IS MONUMENTAL - FOR CHRISTIANS, JUDAISM AND MUSLIMS. ALSO SIGNIFICANT ARE THE 500 MILS (RACHEL'S TOMB - JACOB'S WIFE), THE 1 POUND (TEMPLE MOUNT- DOME OF THE ROCK (BUILT BY KING SOLOMON/ HOUSE OF THE "ARK OF THE COVENANT" - WHERE JESUS VISITED, AND WHERE PROPHET MUHAMMAD'S JOURNEY TO THE HEAVEN-IN Qur'an). ALSO THE CRUSADER'S FOUND THE BONES OF "SAMEUL" THE BIBLICAL PROPHET, WERE DISCOVERED IN THE CEMETERY WITHIN RAMLEH, NEAR A JEWISH SYNAGOGUE (AS WRITTEN BY RABBI BENJAMIN OF TUDELA IN 1163). THE WHOLE SERIES IS SPECIAL REMINDER OF A VERY SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL PLACE FOR ALL HUMANITY! IT IS QUITE A HONOR TO BE ABLE TO OFFER SUCH A PRECIOUS TREASURE IN THE OPEN MARKET FOR ALL TO ENJOY!
OFFERED AT: $16,500
OFFERED AT: $16,500