The 1842 Small Date Quarter is a Proof only issue, it is a very rare coin with only six known examples. One coin is in the collection of the American Numismatic Society, a gift from J.P. Morgan (originally in the Brock Collection which at one time was in the collection of the University of Pennsylvania).
The first time this variety was offered appears to be in the December of 1890 sale by Philadelphia coin dealers S.H. and Henry Chapman of the Thomas Cleneay Collection. The really odd thing is this collection contained two 1842 Proof Sets, lots 837 and 838, this means that two 1842 Small Date Quarters were offered in this 1890 Sale. The next offering I can find of an 1842 Small Date Quarter and the first time it is described as having a Small Date is in Charles Steigerwalt’s Fixed Price List number 39 dated June, 1893 where he offers one for $20. The only other 19th century auction of an 1842 Small Date Quarter comes in the Chapman Brothers sale of December, 1895 offering of the Richard B. Winsor Collection, again the Quarter is included in a Proof Set, without making note of the Small Date on the Quarter, but its lot description leads me to believe it is a reappearance of lot 838 of the 1890 Cleneay set.
In the first half of the 20th Century there appear to be only two auctions of this coin, the Chapman Brothers 1906 Sale of the H.P. Smith Collection and the 1915 U.S. Coin Co.’s May, 19th Sale. Since 1950 there have been twenty auctions of the five available 1842 Small Date Quarters. The last appearance of an 1842 Small Date Quarter occurred in Heritage’s August, 2013 Platinum Night Sale of the Ex. Eliasberg Specimen, where the PCGS PF-65 graded coin brought a record price of $258,500.
While the Strawberry Leaf cents have been known by several names, and have been classed as various types of coins, from true cents to contemporary counterfeits, to patterns, new evidence suggests that the pattern classification is most likely. The fact that none of the four known examples shows any evidence of die deterioration indicates that they were struck as samples of a proposed new design, and that design was discarded along with the dies.
At the 2001 ANA Convention in Atlanta, Georgia, famous numismatic scholar Eric P. Newman suggested to Dan Holmes that an edge study of 1793 Wreath cents might reveal the true nature of the Strawberry Leaf cents. A little more than three years passed until that study finally took place in December 2004 at the American Numismatic Society. The study participants included Dan Holmes, Bob Grellman, John Kleeberg, Jim Neiswinter, and Robert Hoge. Three of the four known Strawberry Leaf cents were together in one place, and Holmes had previously examined the fourth known piece, along with his two, at an October 2004 coin show. All participants agreed that the edges on all four known examples were identical. A report of the gathering appeared in the March 2005 issue of Penny-Wise.
Although a finer example exists, this example has the sharpest detail of any existing Strawberry Leaf cent. The actual sharpness is at least Fine 12, or perhaps even finer. Both sides are covered in moderate corrosion that is a trifle stronger on the obverse. The fields are blue-steel, and the devices are light brown. The obverse has a tiny rim bruise over BE of LIBERTY and the reverse has a small rim bruise over ST of STATES. The date is distorted but readable, and the strawberry leaves are fully visible.
I am down to my last week of revealing my 100 Greatest US Coins set! 7 coins left to reveal and they are 7 of my best coins. I'm going to end this with a bang. Can you guess which 7?
Ok - I am guessing the following (in no particular order)
1804 dollar
1913 Liberty nickel
1801,2 or 3 proof bust dollar
1907 UHR $20
1793 Chain cent
1792 Birch cent
1792 Silver center cent.
Besides the above my back up are
1792 Pattern quarter
1804 Proof $10
1861 Paquet $20
This would be my box of 10! Can't wait to see the rest and good luck on your achieving your goals.
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1822 $5
1913 liberty head nickel
1804 proof $10
1804 dollar
1894-S dime
1854-S gold
1795 $10
He doesn't have the 1822.
Pretty sure there will be a
1913 Nickel
1804 Dollar
1894 S dime
Birch cent
Silver center
UHR (Its his PFP)
Pacquet 20 from Philly
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Bruce knows his lists! Good luck on the continued hunt Elite!
Agreed.
Bruce is probably the one person on this thread that is hardest to impress and surprise. He's probably owned or at least held most of the coins on this thread. 😃
If you really want to end this with a huge bang .... how about a 2nd 1933 $20 or the King of Siam proof set? Not sure why this is missing from the 100 Greatest when the 1872 Amazonian Gold Pattern set is included? ......LOL
Also, I heard that the 1849 $20 is missing from the Smithsonian??? LOL again.
Chain cent makes sense. Funny, I bought a large cent off of eBay and the seller turned out to reside in my same development. Later, he sold me the PCGS SP65 chain cent
The 1792 Quarter Dollar struck in copper (Judd-12) is represented today by only two specimens. One is currently in the Smithsonian collection the other is in a privately owned Eastern United States collection. Both coins are estimated by PCGS to be in MS-64 Brown condition.
This issue is also known stuck in white metal. These were struck as patterns and these quarter issues are unique for the 1792 issues, in that so many stages of the preparation of the coins are known. The first stage is unique uniface white metal strikes of the obverse and reverse dies. Second are white metal strikes (two known) without the use of a collar. The third stage are white metal specimens (two known) struck with a collar and lastly the copper specimens (two known) struck with a collar. No specimens are known in silver which would have been the metal for a circulating quarter and it was not until 1796 when a regular issue coin of this denomination was issued.
This coin was designed and engraved by Joseph Wright, George Washington’s choice for the position of 1st Chief Engraver of the Mint, however he died in 1793 before the appoint was approved. The person whose image is represented as Miss. Liberty on the obverse of this coin is believed to be Joseph Wright’s wife. The hair style and profile of this wife match her image from Joseph Wright’s last painted family portrait done the year of his death.
Neither of the two known 1792 Quarter Dollars struck in copper have sold publicly in recent history and with only one in private hands, when and if it is sold this specimen should sell well into the seven figure price range
Your 1792 quarter was on my backup list and your coin I adore..........Its quite high on my favorite list. It was worth waking up at 4am to see this added to the cabinet .......very exciting
Here is my 1792 1c Birch PCGS MS-65 RB (CAC Green). This coin is the single finest known with no coins graded higher. The coin is pedigreed to John Work Garrett and Donald Groves Partrick.
The 1792 Copper Birch Cent with Lettered Edge showing two stars on the edge device, Judd-4, is a very rare and valuable coin. There are currently only seven known. It is one of four varieties of Birch Cents created by the first U.S. Mint employees, to develop the first Mint-made Large Cent of the United States. It is speculated that the Birch Cents changed as the Government was revising the specifications for its size, weight and design. The first of the four different designs incorporated, in its legend, the initials of George Washington. It is believed that, after Washington let it be known that he did not believe his image or name should be used on our national coinage, this design was abandoned. New obverse and reverse dies were then designed and these dies were used on the remaining three Birch Cent 1792 Patterns.
Of the seven known specimens of Judd-4 only two grade higher then Very Fine, the finest being the NGC MS65(Star) Red-Brown example recently sold in the above-mentioned Partrick Collection sale where it brought $2,585,000, followed by the AU-58 PCGS graded coin to be offered for sale in the March 2015 Stack’s/Bowers auction of the collection known as the Kendall Foundation Collection.
It is believed that the Birch Cents were engraved by Bob Birch, one of the original Mint employees of 1792. It is also highly likely that he engraved the 1792 Half Disme dies, based on the closeness of the design characteristics and some of the details in the design which differ from all other 1792 Pattern designs.
Bang- Heck no! Your 1796 quarter, 1792 Judd-12 quarter and Judd-4 Birch cent just exploded my head! Just kidding, of course.
The Birch cent is my all time favorite coin design. Your particular Birch cent is my favorite coin -Period. This coin should not exist in this condition - its just spectacular! In 1981, I remember viewing this coin at the Garrett sale and those lot viewers were in total awe with this coin and again when offered again in the Partrick sale. Some time ago, at a coin show, a dealer showed me and my son this particular coin when it was raw. We were able to view, hold and observe this coin "in the wild". I told my son, that we will be one of the last people to hold this coin raw. **Needless to say, your cabinet is just amazing desiring to be in the highest of high museums or numismatics. ** Thank you for sharing your collection with us!
Several varieties of the 1793 Chain Cent exist. The "Periods" variety has distinct periods after LIBERTY and the date. Since neither of these were abbreviations, the presence of the periods is puzzling.
This is the scarcest major variety of the 1793 Chain Cents. As of July 2011, PCGS had certified only 70 examples, with only one (a single PCGS MS65BN) in Mint State. Reflective of that fact, no Red-Brown or Red examples are known.
The 1793 Periods Chain Cent is under considerable demand from die variety collectors, major variety collectors, type collectors, and first-year-of-issue collectors. The fascinating chain design on the reverse is another attraction.
P. Scott Rubin:
The record auction price for a large cent was achieved at the Heritage January, 2012 FUN sale, when the 3rd finest Sheldon-4, 1793 Chain Cent with Periods after the date and LIBERTY sold for $1,380,000. This coin is graded MS-65 by PCGS became only the second large cent to sell for over one million dollars at auction. While this beautiful coin has now reached the mark of over a million dollars it is interesting to note at the same sale a PCGS AU-53 coin of the same Sheldon variety and a coin tied for 5th in this issue’s census sold for $161,000. This being said now let us compare the record breaking coin to the finest S-4 known, that coin is graded by PCGS as Specimen-67 and is in a class by itself as the only Specimen graded coin of the issue and an even finer example of this early U.S. Chain Cent issue. The price of this coin must now be considered in the value range that up to now have only been achieved by coins like the 1913 Liberty Head Nickel, the 1804 Dollar and Brasher Doubloons when they reached the auction block.
Perhaps add a 1794 Dollar Judd-18 with no stars in copper to your want list? The obverse die was unique and the reverse die was used for production. The production dies were used to make the 1794 pattern dollar in copper with stars, also unique, that resides in the Smithsonian. There is a corresponding 1794 half dime in copper with no stars (Judd-14) that is also unique but resides in the Smithsonian. When i visited their vault that was one of half a dozen coins i thought most important in the pre-1840 era. The first US Dollar ever made and there's been a few dollars since..... Your Wright Quarter and Birch Cent are two of my favorite patterns I've ever held. Congratulations on those masterpieces. I underbid your Wright quarter some years back when I was outbid by a West Coast dealer. Really crazy what you've done in such short order and I'm impressed with your deep dive into the knowledge and history of these coins.
Fantastic Chain cent! I am in total Awe over your individual picks of many of your coins. Your pre-1840 cabinet is truly historic and part of US history.
In my opinion, Coins #21 to 25 are all dated 1792 or 1793 and those should be ranked higher in the list of 100 coins. I could easy lower the #16 (1833 proof half Eagle), #17 (1854-S half Eagle) and #20 (1885 Trade dollar) behind coins #21 thru #25.
Great coins, great project, but I’m wondering if it’s not time to change course to a “Box of 100”, rather than following the book to the letter. All kinds of obvious reasons, even if they weren’t as obvious at the beginning of the journey.
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This is the rarest regular issue U.S. Double Eagle but it is also one of the least publicized. For a great many years it was widely considered to be a pattern but more recent research has shown it to have been intended for actual circulation. However, before any were released, the entire mintage was recalled and melted. The number originally struck is not known but only two specimens can be accounted for today. One is in the Norweb Collection and is the specimen from the Farouk sale. Although I am not absolutely certain, I believe this to be the same coin that was sold in the famous Parmelee sale of 1890. The Parmelee coin was undoubtedly the piece from the 1865 Woodward Sale (March 20, 1865) where it was lot 2818 and sold for $37.00 (quite a high price for the time - remember this was only four years after the coin was struck) to a "Mr. French." It was described by Woodward as "Perfect Uncirculated. Said to be unique." The second known specimen is now in a prominent Dallas bank collection. This coin, earlier provenance unknown, was purchased by Paramount International Coin Corporation's European buyer, Paul Whittlin, in Paris in the mid-1960's for $7,500. It was authenticated by the U.S. Treasury Department (common practice in those days on incoming shipments of rare U.S. gold coins from Europe) and then sold to Ben Dreiske of RARCOA for $12,500. Ten years later it was sold into the Texas bank collection for a sum reportedly in excess of a quarter of a million dollars.
Wow, I think thats the cleanest surfaces I've seen on any $20 Lib, of any date. If it had enough "pop" and some color it would probably have a claim to being the finest, truly spectacular to see a type 1 like that as a non SSCA find.
Just spectacular! One of the most famous quotes in coins is from David Hall " Have Fun with your Coins". I got to admit your post is the most fun I have had with coins in such a long time. Please stay the course - I am 4 for 4 with my picks so any of my other picks will be fine.....LOL
Just insane that you were able to pull some of the most famous US coins of all time together in such short order......Beyond impressive.
The 1861 Paquet reverse double eagle is a wonderful coin, especially nice, even if it was a common date it would be outstanding! This collection is outstanding!!!!!
My guess on the remaining three coins: 1804 dollar, 1894-S dime, 1870-S half dime.
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Great collection, What does GreatPhoto cost? is it comparable in price to TrueView?
I need to get a decent camera rig and really once and for all take some good photos. I always have problems with photos of coins that are already holdered, and I was too cheap to get True Views taken.
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Great collection, What does GreatPhoto cost? is it comparable in price to TrueView?
I need to get a decent camera rig and really once and for all take some good photos. I always have problems with photos of coins that are already holdered, and I was too cheap to get True Views taken.
Since Great Collections is not a grading company, it's not really comparable to a PCGS TrueView which one chooses to purchase. When consigning a coin to them for auction, they determine which listings include a Great Photo. For example, I consigned four old Redfield/Paramount holders to them recently and they included a Great Photo on two of the four:
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The Gobrecht dollar is actually still in the list of 100. It's #65 and I posted my Gobrecht dollar here: https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/comment/13909472/#Comment_13909472
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Ecks - my error! Of course you would have the 39 not the 36. LOL.
This thread is breathtaking.
Please tell me there are proof bust dollars coming
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
Finger is starting to get sore smashing "like" on these postings.
I just have one upcoming.
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Here is my 1842 Seated Liberty Quarter Small Date PCGS Proof-65. This coin is the single finest known with no coins graded higher. The coin is pedigreed to Louis E. Eliasberg and Bruce S. Sherman.
This coin is #92 in my set "Elite's 100 Greatest U.S. Coins".
P. Scott Rubin:
The 1842 Small Date Quarter is a Proof only issue, it is a very rare coin with only six known examples. One coin is in the collection of the American Numismatic Society, a gift from J.P. Morgan (originally in the Brock Collection which at one time was in the collection of the University of Pennsylvania).
The first time this variety was offered appears to be in the December of 1890 sale by Philadelphia coin dealers S.H. and Henry Chapman of the Thomas Cleneay Collection. The really odd thing is this collection contained two 1842 Proof Sets, lots 837 and 838, this means that two 1842 Small Date Quarters were offered in this 1890 Sale. The next offering I can find of an 1842 Small Date Quarter and the first time it is described as having a Small Date is in Charles Steigerwalt’s Fixed Price List number 39 dated June, 1893 where he offers one for $20. The only other 19th century auction of an 1842 Small Date Quarter comes in the Chapman Brothers sale of December, 1895 offering of the Richard B. Winsor Collection, again the Quarter is included in a Proof Set, without making note of the Small Date on the Quarter, but its lot description leads me to believe it is a reappearance of lot 838 of the 1890 Cleneay set.
In the first half of the 20th Century there appear to be only two auctions of this coin, the Chapman Brothers 1906 Sale of the H.P. Smith Collection and the 1915 U.S. Coin Co.’s May, 19th Sale. Since 1950 there have been twenty auctions of the five available 1842 Small Date Quarters. The last appearance of an 1842 Small Date Quarter occurred in Heritage’s August, 2013 Platinum Night Sale of the Ex. Eliasberg Specimen, where the PCGS PF-65 graded coin brought a record price of $258,500.
1842 25C Small Date PCGS PR 65 (Pop 1/0)
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Here is my 1793 Wreath Cent Strawberry Leaf Sheldon NC-3 PCGS G-4 BN. This coin has a population of 1 with only 1 coin graded higher at VG 10. The coin is pedigreed to Dan Holmes and Bruce S. Sherman.
This coin is #73 in my set "Elite's 100 Greatest U.S. Coins".
Heritage Auctions:
While the Strawberry Leaf cents have been known by several names, and have been classed as various types of coins, from true cents to contemporary counterfeits, to patterns, new evidence suggests that the pattern classification is most likely. The fact that none of the four known examples shows any evidence of die deterioration indicates that they were struck as samples of a proposed new design, and that design was discarded along with the dies.
At the 2001 ANA Convention in Atlanta, Georgia, famous numismatic scholar Eric P. Newman suggested to Dan Holmes that an edge study of 1793 Wreath cents might reveal the true nature of the Strawberry Leaf cents. A little more than three years passed until that study finally took place in December 2004 at the American Numismatic Society. The study participants included Dan Holmes, Bob Grellman, John Kleeberg, Jim Neiswinter, and Robert Hoge. Three of the four known Strawberry Leaf cents were together in one place, and Holmes had previously examined the fourth known piece, along with his two, at an October 2004 coin show. All participants agreed that the edges on all four known examples were identical. A report of the gathering appeared in the March 2005 issue of Penny-Wise.
Although a finer example exists, this example has the sharpest detail of any existing Strawberry Leaf cent. The actual sharpness is at least Fine 12, or perhaps even finer. Both sides are covered in moderate corrosion that is a trifle stronger on the obverse. The fields are blue-steel, and the devices are light brown. The obverse has a tiny rim bruise over BE of LIBERTY and the reverse has a small rim bruise over ST of STATES. The date is distorted but readable, and the strawberry leaves are fully visible.
1793 1C Strawberry Leaf PCGS G 04 (Pop 1/1)
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Was waiting for a strawberry leaf to appear. Amazing rarity!
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I am down to my last week of revealing my 100 Greatest US Coins set! 7 coins left to reveal and they are 7 of my best coins. I'm going to end this with a bang. Can you guess which 7?
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1822 $5
1913 liberty head nickel
1804 proof $10
1804 dollar
1894-S dime
1854-S gold
1795 $10
Bruce knows his lists! Good luck on the continued hunt Elite!
Ok - I am guessing the following (in no particular order)
1804 dollar
1913 Liberty nickel
1801,2 or 3 proof bust dollar
1907 UHR $20
1793 Chain cent
1792 Birch cent
1792 Silver center cent.
Besides the above my back up are
1792 Pattern quarter
1804 Proof $10
1861 Paquet $20
This would be my box of 10! Can't wait to see the rest and good luck on your achieving your goals.
He doesn't have the 1822.
Pretty sure there will be a
1913 Nickel
1804 Dollar
1894 S dime
Birch cent
Silver center
UHR (Its his PFP)
Pacquet 20 from Philly
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I don’t think we’ve seen a Chain Cent or 1885 Trade $ yet?
I already posted a 1795 $10:
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/comment/13909407/#Comment_13909407
and a 1907 UHR:
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/comment/13909079/#Comment_13909079
And yes, I don't have the 1822 $5 unfortunately. That coin auctioned in March of 2021, slightly before I started this journey.
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I know where 3 of the 1885s are so the odds are lower he has one of them
I love this thread...
Frankly thats amazing that you've acquired all of these within 4 years give or take! Wow.
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Agreed.
Bruce is probably the one person on this thread that is hardest to impress and surprise. He's probably owned or at least held most of the coins on this thread. 😃
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If you really want to end this with a huge bang .... how about a 2nd 1933 $20 or the King of Siam proof set? Not sure why this is missing from the 100 Greatest when the 1872 Amazonian Gold Pattern set is included? ......LOL
Also, I heard that the 1849 $20 is missing from the Smithsonian??? LOL again.
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Chain cent makes sense. Funny, I bought a large cent off of eBay and the seller turned out to reside in my same development. Later, he sold me the PCGS SP65 chain cent
Here is my 1792 25c Wright Pattern PCGS MS-63 BN (CAC Green). This coin is the single finest known with no coins graded higher. The coin is pedigreed to Lorin G. Parmelee and Virgil M. Brand.
This coin is #25 in my set "Elite's 100 Greatest U.S. Coins".
P. Scott Rubin:
The 1792 Quarter Dollar struck in copper (Judd-12) is represented today by only two specimens. One is currently in the Smithsonian collection the other is in a privately owned Eastern United States collection. Both coins are estimated by PCGS to be in MS-64 Brown condition.
This issue is also known stuck in white metal. These were struck as patterns and these quarter issues are unique for the 1792 issues, in that so many stages of the preparation of the coins are known. The first stage is unique uniface white metal strikes of the obverse and reverse dies. Second are white metal strikes (two known) without the use of a collar. The third stage are white metal specimens (two known) struck with a collar and lastly the copper specimens (two known) struck with a collar. No specimens are known in silver which would have been the metal for a circulating quarter and it was not until 1796 when a regular issue coin of this denomination was issued.
This coin was designed and engraved by Joseph Wright, George Washington’s choice for the position of 1st Chief Engraver of the Mint, however he died in 1793 before the appoint was approved. The person whose image is represented as Miss. Liberty on the obverse of this coin is believed to be Joseph Wright’s wife. The hair style and profile of this wife match her image from Joseph Wright’s last painted family portrait done the year of his death.
Neither of the two known 1792 Quarter Dollars struck in copper have sold publicly in recent history and with only one in private hands, when and if it is sold this specimen should sell well into the seven figure price range
1792 25C Wright Pattern PCGS SP 63 BN CAC (Pop 1/0)
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That is a beautiful coin for sure! Guessed it right the second time!
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Your 1792 quarter was on my backup list and your coin I adore..........Its quite high on my favorite list. It was worth waking up at 4am to see this added to the cabinet .......very exciting
I'm a bit late, but for the 6 current mysteries:
half dime 1870-s
10c 1873-CC No Arrows
10c 1894-S
$1 1804
$3 1870-S
$5 1854-S
My all time favorite unadopted design. Gorgeous
That is one heckuva piece of copper and as others have said, a stunning design! Thank you for posting this.
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Here is my 1792 1c Birch PCGS MS-65 RB (CAC Green). This coin is the single finest known with no coins graded higher. The coin is pedigreed to John Work Garrett and Donald Groves Partrick.
This coin is #23 in my set "Elite's 100 Greatest U.S. Coins".
P. Scott Rubin:
The 1792 Copper Birch Cent with Lettered Edge showing two stars on the edge device, Judd-4, is a very rare and valuable coin. There are currently only seven known. It is one of four varieties of Birch Cents created by the first U.S. Mint employees, to develop the first Mint-made Large Cent of the United States. It is speculated that the Birch Cents changed as the Government was revising the specifications for its size, weight and design. The first of the four different designs incorporated, in its legend, the initials of George Washington. It is believed that, after Washington let it be known that he did not believe his image or name should be used on our national coinage, this design was abandoned. New obverse and reverse dies were then designed and these dies were used on the remaining three Birch Cent 1792 Patterns.
Of the seven known specimens of Judd-4 only two grade higher then Very Fine, the finest being the NGC MS65(Star) Red-Brown example recently sold in the above-mentioned Partrick Collection sale where it brought $2,585,000, followed by the AU-58 PCGS graded coin to be offered for sale in the March 2015 Stack’s/Bowers auction of the collection known as the Kendall Foundation Collection.
It is believed that the Birch Cents were engraved by Bob Birch, one of the original Mint employees of 1792. It is also highly likely that he engraved the 1792 Half Disme dies, based on the closeness of the design characteristics and some of the details in the design which differ from all other 1792 Pattern designs.
1792 1C Birch PCGS MS 65 RB CAC (Pop 1/0)
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Bang- Heck no! Your 1796 quarter, 1792 Judd-12 quarter and Judd-4 Birch cent just exploded my head! Just kidding, of course.
The Birch cent is my all time favorite coin design. Your particular Birch cent is my favorite coin -Period. This coin should not exist in this condition - its just spectacular! In 1981, I remember viewing this coin at the Garrett sale and those lot viewers were in total awe with this coin and again when offered again in the Partrick sale. Some time ago, at a coin show, a dealer showed me and my son this particular coin when it was raw. We were able to view, hold and observe this coin "in the wild". I told my son, that we will be one of the last people to hold this coin raw. **Needless to say, your cabinet is just amazing desiring to be in the highest of high museums or numismatics. ** Thank you for sharing your collection with us!
Here is my 1793 Chain Cent Periods Sheldon 4 PCGS MS-66 BN (CAC Green). This coin is the single finest known with no coins graded higher. The coin is pedigreed to Virgil M. Brand and R.E. Naftzger, Jr.
This coin is #21 in my set "Elite's 100 Greatest U.S. Coins".
Ron Guth:
Several varieties of the 1793 Chain Cent exist. The "Periods" variety has distinct periods after LIBERTY and the date. Since neither of these were abbreviations, the presence of the periods is puzzling.
This is the scarcest major variety of the 1793 Chain Cents. As of July 2011, PCGS had certified only 70 examples, with only one (a single PCGS MS65BN) in Mint State. Reflective of that fact, no Red-Brown or Red examples are known.
The 1793 Periods Chain Cent is under considerable demand from die variety collectors, major variety collectors, type collectors, and first-year-of-issue collectors. The fascinating chain design on the reverse is another attraction.
P. Scott Rubin:
The record auction price for a large cent was achieved at the Heritage January, 2012 FUN sale, when the 3rd finest Sheldon-4, 1793 Chain Cent with Periods after the date and LIBERTY sold for $1,380,000. This coin is graded MS-65 by PCGS became only the second large cent to sell for over one million dollars at auction. While this beautiful coin has now reached the mark of over a million dollars it is interesting to note at the same sale a PCGS AU-53 coin of the same Sheldon variety and a coin tied for 5th in this issue’s census sold for $161,000. This being said now let us compare the record breaking coin to the finest S-4 known, that coin is graded by PCGS as Specimen-67 and is in a class by itself as the only Specimen graded coin of the issue and an even finer example of this early U.S. Chain Cent issue. The price of this coin must now be considered in the value range that up to now have only been achieved by coins like the 1913 Liberty Head Nickel, the 1804 Dollar and Brasher Doubloons when they reached the auction block.
1793 1C Periods Chain PCGS MS 66 BN CAC (Pop 1/0)
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Perhaps add a 1794 Dollar Judd-18 with no stars in copper to your want list? The obverse die was unique and the reverse die was used for production. The production dies were used to make the 1794 pattern dollar in copper with stars, also unique, that resides in the Smithsonian. There is a corresponding 1794 half dime in copper with no stars (Judd-14) that is also unique but resides in the Smithsonian. When i visited their vault that was one of half a dozen coins i thought most important in the pre-1840 era. The first US Dollar ever made and there's been a few dollars since..... Your Wright Quarter and Birch Cent are two of my favorite patterns I've ever held. Congratulations on those masterpieces. I underbid your Wright quarter some years back when I was outbid by a West Coast dealer. Really crazy what you've done in such short order and I'm impressed with your deep dive into the knowledge and history of these coins.
Fantastic Chain cent! I am in total Awe over your individual picks of many of your coins. Your pre-1840 cabinet is truly historic and part of US history.
In my opinion, Coins #21 to 25 are all dated 1792 or 1793 and those should be ranked higher in the list of 100 coins. I could easy lower the #16 (1833 proof half Eagle), #17 (1854-S half Eagle) and #20 (1885 Trade dollar) behind coins #21 thru #25.
Great coins, great project, but I’m wondering if it’s not time to change course to a “Box of 100”, rather than following the book to the letter. All kinds of obvious reasons, even if they weren’t as obvious at the beginning of the journey.
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Here is my 1861 Liberty Gold Double Eagle Paquet Reverse PCGS MS-67 (CAC Green). This coin is the single finest known with no coins graded higher. The coin is pedigreed to the Norweb Collection.
This coin is #11 in my set "Elite's 100 Greatest U.S. Coins".
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This is the rarest regular issue U.S. Double Eagle but it is also one of the least publicized. For a great many years it was widely considered to be a pattern but more recent research has shown it to have been intended for actual circulation. However, before any were released, the entire mintage was recalled and melted. The number originally struck is not known but only two specimens can be accounted for today. One is in the Norweb Collection and is the specimen from the Farouk sale. Although I am not absolutely certain, I believe this to be the same coin that was sold in the famous Parmelee sale of 1890. The Parmelee coin was undoubtedly the piece from the 1865 Woodward Sale (March 20, 1865) where it was lot 2818 and sold for $37.00 (quite a high price for the time - remember this was only four years after the coin was struck) to a "Mr. French." It was described by Woodward as "Perfect Uncirculated. Said to be unique." The second known specimen is now in a prominent Dallas bank collection. This coin, earlier provenance unknown, was purchased by Paramount International Coin Corporation's European buyer, Paul Whittlin, in Paris in the mid-1960's for $7,500. It was authenticated by the U.S. Treasury Department (common practice in those days on incoming shipments of rare U.S. gold coins from Europe) and then sold to Ben Dreiske of RARCOA for $12,500. Ten years later it was sold into the Texas bank collection for a sum reportedly in excess of a quarter of a million dollars.
1861 $20 Paquet PCGS MS 67 CAC (Pop 1/0)
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Wow, I think thats the cleanest surfaces I've seen on any $20 Lib, of any date. If it had enough "pop" and some color it would probably have a claim to being the finest, truly spectacular to see a type 1 like that as a non SSCA find.
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Insane that the coin was preserved so well.
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Down to my last 3 coins. I'm sure you guys can guess which 3.
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1822 half eagle... next guess?
Just spectacular! One of the most famous quotes in coins is from David Hall " Have Fun with your Coins". I got to admit your post is the most fun I have had with coins in such a long time. Please stay the course - I am 4 for 4 with my picks so any of my other picks will be fine.....LOL
Just insane that you were able to pull some of the most famous US coins of all time together in such short order......Beyond impressive.
What a beauty!
The 1861 Paquet reverse double eagle is a wonderful coin, especially nice, even if it was a common date it would be outstanding! This collection is outstanding!!!!!
My guess on the remaining three coins: 1804 dollar, 1894-S dime, 1870-S half dime.
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Great collection, What does GreatPhoto cost? is it comparable in price to TrueView?
I need to get a decent camera rig and really once and for all take some good photos. I always have problems with photos of coins that are already holdered, and I was too cheap to get True Views taken.
Influence history and post a Brasher 😎
.> @johnny010 said:
I think he might have already “influenced history”, quite some time ago.😉
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Checkmate. Great point.
Since Great Collections is not a grading company, it's not really comparable to a PCGS TrueView which one chooses to purchase. When consigning a coin to them for auction, they determine which listings include a Great Photo. For example, I consigned four old Redfield/Paramount holders to them recently and they included a Great Photo on two of the four:
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