When was the last sale of a US 1793 Strawberry cent?

TheGoonies1985

Have not seen one in a long long time?

HA last sold one 9 years ago for just under $353 000. That one was PCGS Fair 02.

TheGoonies1985

Anyone have any links? Any ideas on the current value based on grades available?

DCW

@KingOfMorganDollar said:
Anyone have any links? Any ideas on the current value based on grades available?

Well there's only 2 known, right?

yosclimber

PCGS Auction Prices Realized shows the most recent sale was the finest known, in 2020:
https://www.pcgs.com/auctionprices/details/1793-wreath-strawberry-leaf-ms/35483

PCGS CoinFacts shows 4 known, and 3 of them sold in 2009 (CoinFacts is not updated in some places):
https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1793-wreath-1c-strawberry-leaf-bn/1353

Note:
4 known for the strawberry leaf obverse, which occurs with 2 different reverses.
Die pairs:
NC-3 3 known
NC-2 1 known

lkeigwin

Wasn't a new find reported here some 10 or 12 years ago?
Lance.

TheGoonies1985

Anyone have any links?> @DCW said:

@KingOfMorganDollar said:
Anyone have any links? Any ideas on the current value based on grades available?

Well there's only 2 known, right?

I thought it was 4 known total. I guess they are in more permanent collections now.

lilolme

The one that sold in 2020 at SB is pcgs # 35483 a variety of # 1353.
It is shown on this coinfacts page.

https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1793-wreath-1c-s-nc-3-strawberry-leaf-bn/35483

LanceNewmanOCC

@lkeigwin said:
Wasn't a new find reported here some 10 or 12 years ago?
Lance.

if we are thinking of the same one, it walked into a coin shop and i THINK the seller had some knowledge of it and the shop either gave a handsome price and/or subbed to auction for them. there is definitely a thread(s) here on it.

LanceNewmanOCC

thanks to yos for doing the legwork.

idk if it is the most recent but 2020 is pretty recent and that is a decent hammer. i wonder how many millions one would sell for in 45 or 62?

also, i'm pretty sure they are not all public examples. i'll call it 85% w/o doing some reading. (some more info came to me and i think there is a big write-up in one of the catalogs for Dan Holmes' sale around 08/09 and some excerpt about the "top dogs" in EAC getting all examples together including 1" from a museum for confirmation of their authenticity)

another lengthy write-up besides the CF link posted above.

https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-NKRTO/1793-flowing-hair-cent-wreath-reverse-nc-3-rarity-8-strawberry-leaf-vg-10-pcgs

edited to add:

it was announced but i do not know the site. just came across it randomly.

https://www.barrons.com/articles/a-rare-1793-strawberry-leaf-cent-hits-auction-for-the-fourth-time-in-130-years-01596144068

just to put it somewhere. i finally haphazardly made my way through the ANS search feature(s) to come up with this:

2 examples

http://numismatics.org/search/results?q=department_facet:"North+American"+AND+imagesavailable:true+AND+fulltext:strawberry'

https://www.pcgs.com/auctionprices/details/1793-wreath-strawberry-leaf-ms/35483

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more info

a goldberg auction lists an electroplate copy. it is virtually indistinguishable from the original. WHAT! (if you ever compare the 2, comment here or somewhere what you think about discernible differences, if any)

http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=48&lot=210&lang=1

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link to image of all (4) examples known (sorry to clutter your thread @KingOfMorganDollar )

https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/jl/tq5knzh9sm9b.jpg

wrighty

https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/214/
Here is the story from 2004 about the strawberry leaf cent surfacing at a coin shop in Auburn Maine

Walkerguy21D

Ah yes, I remember that story now.
That was not a cheap coin, even in 1941!