1806 LARGE CENT -
SHELDON 270
Rarity: Common
Variety Equivalents: Breen 1
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Significant examples:
NGC MS-63 Brown
- Superior 05/2003:543, $10,925.00
Recent appearances:
NGC AU-58 Brown
- Jim McGuigan 1998
- Dr. Wallace Lee
- Superior 05/2003:544, $6,325.00
NGC AU-53 Brown
- Bowers &
Merena Galleries' "The Lake Geneva Sale", June 28-29, 2001, Lot
30, illustrated, sold for $2,530.00
PCGS AU-50
- Ira Reed,
September 27, 1944, sold for $27.50
- Ira
& Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s "Benson
Collection, Part I", February 16, 18-20, 2001, Lot 369, illustrated, sold for $1,667.00
- William Walser collection
- Bowers and Merena Galleries "The
Rarities Sale", July 31, 2002, Lot 35, "...VF-30, sharpness of
VF-35, light obverse scratches...", illustrated, sold for $2,012.50
NGC VF-35
- Bowers
and Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection Sale, October 26-27,
2000, Lot 158, "Sheldon-270, Brown", not plated $431.25
VF-30
- Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of
Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part II", March 15-17, 2001, Lot 2507,
"B-1", sold for $862.50
Net VF-25
- Bowers and Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan
Collection Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 159, "Sheldon-270",
not plated, $661.25
VF-20
- Stack's "The University of Notre Dame Sale",
March 20-21, 2001, Lot 99, "Sheldon-270", plated, sold for
$431.25
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"Penny Whimsy" by Dr. William Sheldon
Relevant collector
organizations:
Early American Coppers Club
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