1793 LARGE CENT -
SHELDON 12
Rarity: Very Rare |
Images courtesy of WH
Recent appearances:
VG-8, sharpness of VF-25, altered
surfaces. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries "The Rarities Sale,
Orlando", January 8, 2002, Lot 27, "S-12, Breen-21, Rarity-6-.
Liberty Cap," illustrated, not sold. From the Dr. Roy
Sturgeon Collection. Earlier, B. Max Mehl's sale of the Frederic W.
Geiss Collection, February 1947, Lot 13; Christian M. Peterson; Hollinbeck
Coin Company to Harold Bareford in 1956, privately; Bareford to Herman
Halpern in 1985; Stack's sale of the Herman Halpern Collection, March
1988, Lot 14; Superior Galleries's sale of J.R. Frankenfield Collection,
February 2001, Lot 203.
SEGS VF-30 Corroded and
Burnished
- Fred H. Borcherdt
- James E. Long
- Superior 1/2005:71, "Noyes graded VF20 net VG7, his photo
#27282. Tied for CC#5 of this rare variety
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"Penny Whimsy" by Dr. William H. Sheldon
"Walter Breen's
Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins" by Walter Breen
Relevant
collector organizations:
Early American Coppers Club
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