1798 LARGE CENT -
SHELDON 181
Rarity: Very Scarce
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Significant examples:
"MS-60". Ex
- Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite Coin Auction, May
25-27, 2003, Lot 480, sold for $33,350.00 Found unattributed in Germany
on 10/30/83 by Darwin B. Palmer, Jr., 3/15/86- C. Douglas Smith- Dr.
Robert A. Schuman.
Recent appearances:
VF-30. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection
Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 113, "Sheldon-181, Second Hair
Style", illustrated, unsold
Net VF-20, sharpness of VF-25. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries'
"The Cabinet of Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part II", March 15-17,
2001, Lot 2468, "B-42, 2nd hairstyle" sold for $632.50
Fine-15. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection
Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 114, "Sheldon-181, Second Hair
Style", not illustrated @ $276.00 From the 1981 Early American Coppers Convention
auction
Net Fine-15. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins &
Collectibles, Inc.'s "The California Sale", October 2-3, 2000,
Lot 1399, "Sheldon-181, Style 2 hair"
Fine 12, Porous. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s
"Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 5369, not
illustrated, not sold
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"Penny Whimsy" by Dr. William Sheldon
Relevant collector
organizations:
Early American Coppers Club
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