1793 Wreath Cent NGC MS 65 Specimen (?) with provenance back to 1873

ANACONDA

1793 Wreath Cent NGC MS 65 Specimen (?) with provenance back to 1873

Lot 12 of the upcoming Bowers sale.....so, what do you think it will sell for????

adrian

Placid

One billion dollars.

airplanenut

Well... what's your top bid?

ANACONDA

I'd pay $75,000......or more.

wingedliberty

I predict that it will without a doubt sell for more than I can afford, having said that, its
an astounding coin. I love copper.



Brian.

rays

This is one of the finest Wreaths. It is worth $150,000-175,000. Whether it will meet a reserve that high is unknown until the auction.

CLASSICS

a lot

oldcameoproofsguy

How many MS-65 or better gem coins are there from the 18th century? There couldn't be many.

rays

<< <i>How many MS-65 or better gem coins are there from the 18th century? There couldn't be many. >>



Using PCGS (ie market) standards, in copper coins, I would estimate 35 half cents (5 or 6 1793s, 8-9 1794s, 12 1795s, 6-7 1796s [evenly divided amoung the with and without pole varieties], and 3-4 1797s); and 60+ large cents (5 or 6 chains, 8-9 wreaths, 15 Liberty caps, and 25 or 30 1796 and 1797 Draped Bust cents from the Nichols hoard).

bennybravo

1793 Large Cent LINK

michael

i would say there are some early coins like this around

as i think most if not all were special specimem strikings for many collectors in england

and brought back there and forgotten

when america started to become a great nation and the coins collected and the resulting high prices many of these coins returned to american soil
for hungry usa collectors

i think this is one such coin as per the above
the coin is to me
fully struck
on a perfectly centered and
almost perfect planchet this coin
was again a special striking for a collecor in england as at the time it was all the rage with english collectors to get special strikings for other countries coins for their collections if not proof then a "specimem"
strike!! as i think the us mint in 1793 has not perfected brilliant perfect proof coinage like the english had 50 to 100 years before!

sincerely michael

michael

for me a mid to slightly upper range 5 figure coin

but i guess only time will tell

sincerely michael

ANACONDA

I would like to update my prediction. I think it will sell for $80,000 plus the juice.

adrian

braddick

For that same $80,000.00 you could own 5,000 Accented Hair Kennedies.

ANACONDA

....and a hernia.....and all the ridicule you could possibly handle.

DAM

<< <i>For that same $80,000.00 you could own 5,000 Accented Hair Kennedies. >>



Are you trying to get that Modern thing going again? You certainly don't have to worry about rolls of these being opened in an attempt to gain "pop top" status.



If I had disposable income that would allow me to own that coin, it could go for 6 digits, and I'd still be a buyer.

dbldie55

Yeah, datentype had a roll of chain's, not wreath's.

airplanenut

<< <i>....and a hernia.....and all the ridicule you could possibly handle. >>

No one ridicules Russ...

ANACONDA

It seems to me that Russ is almost silently sliding out of Kennedys and slowly amassing some other halves as his advertisement of his acquisition of a two center, a walker and another non-Kennedy half attests.

snake

Elcontador

Actually, I prefer lot 7, the 1806 Half Cent in 5 BN.

Monstavet

A beautiful coin...I am sure it is worth every "penny" someone pays for it...

ANACONDA

"...more coffee anyone?"

A man after my own heart.....just found a source for Hawaiian Kona AND Jamaican Blue Mountain.

adrian