1794 LARGE CENT -
SHELDON 22
Variety nickname: Bent
Lock
Rarity: Very Common
Variety Equivalents:
Breen 1668
Notes:
No Proofs are known of this variety.
This was the only use of the obverse and reverse dies.
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Images courtesy of WH
Recent appearances:
PCGS AU-50. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Long Beach Signature Sale",
May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 7485, illustrated, sold for $2,645.00
From the Collection of Dr. Joseph M. Seventko
VF-35 Burnished. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Santa Clara Signature Sale",
November 16-17, 2000, Lot 5040, "1794 Head of 1794, Sheldon-22,
Rarity-1", not illustrated, sold for $483.00
Net VF-25/20, sharpness congruent. Ex
- Auctions by Bowers and Merena, Inc.'s "The Norweb Collection: Early
American and U.S. Coins, Part III", November 14-15, 1988, Lot
2699 Purchased from Scott Stamp & Coin on December 4, 1909
VF-20. Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale",
October 17-19, 2000, Lot 57, "Sheldon 22, Bent Lock",
illustrated, sold for $690.00
Net Fine-15. Bowers and Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan
Collection Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 77, "Sheldon-22",
plated, sold for $1,035.00
Fine-12. Ex - Stack's "The University of Notre Dame Sale",
March 20-21, 2001, Lot 76, "Sheldon-22", sold for $264.50 Ex Stack's October 1999
Sale, lot 38
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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