1816 LARGE CENT - NEWCOMB 6
Rarity: CommonVariety Equivalents:
Breen 1790
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
Superior Stamp & Coin
The coin illustrated above
is ex - Dan Holmes - Richard V. Punchard - Chris McCawley - M. Ahumada -
McCawley & Grellman Auctions, Inc., January 11, 1997, Lot 283 - March
Wells - Superior Stamp & Coin's "Pre-Long Beach" sale,
February 7-8, 2000, Lot 1733, "AU-55...at the lower end of the
Census"
Recent appearances:
NGC MS-62 Brown. Ex - Bowers
& Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part
II", March 15-17, 2001, Lot 2535 sold for $862.50
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"The
Cent Book 1816-1839" by John D. Wright
"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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