1787 FUGIO CENT -
NEWMAN 15-Y
Rarity: Very Scarce
Variety equivalents:
Kessler
15-Y, Breen 1313
Notes:
The obverse die of this variety was also used on:
Newman 15-H
Newman 15-K
Newman 15-V
This was the only use of
the reverse die.
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Images courtesy of Early
American History Auctions
Significant examples:
PCGS AU-50 (illustrated below). Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s February 10-11, 2000 Long Beach
Sale, Lot 5279, sold for $1,610.00 - Early American Numismatics, offered for $4,695.00 in
April, 2001 in their History Store - Early American History Auctions, Inc.
Mail
Bid Sale, April 20, 2002, Lot 984
"Extremely Fine+ to
About Uncirculated" (illustrated above). Ex - Early American History Auctions, Inc.
Mail
Bid Sale, August 25, 2001, Lot 1472, where it was described (in
part) as follows: "Rich, medium brown color, with slightly
lighter colorations on the reverse. This example is exceedingly well
struck and on a smooth, problem-free planchet. Both of the reverse label
stars are visible, which is a very desirable trait, as often only one of
the stars (at top) is visible....
PCGS EF-45. Ex - Early American History
Auctions, Inc.'s Mail Bid Sale, October 14, 2000, Lot 1037, where it was
described as follows: "Slightly granular, mostly from problems in
the planchet that existed before the coin was struck. The top star on the
label is crisp and clearly legible; the lower star is weakly defined. The
obverse shows the die break connecting the sundial to the rim at 5:00
(seen on every example we’ve viewed). Colorwise, this is an unusually
nice, medium shade of brown."
ANACS VF-30. Ex - Early American History Auctions, Inc.
Mail
Bid Sale, April 20, 2002, Lot 991, where it was described (in
part) as follows: "...Nice, medium-brown
colors with some darker tones in and around the lettering and devices.
Small, planchet lamination at IO of FUGIO..."
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"Walter
Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins" by
Walter Breen (purchase a copy by clicking on the title)
"The Fugio Cents"
by Alan Kessler (out-of-print)
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