1793 1C Wreath, Vine and Bars, BN MS (PCGS#1347)
December 2020 U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 1008
- 等级
- AU58BN
- 价格
- 267,410
- 详细说明
- Perennially Popular 1793 Wreath Cent
One-Year Design Type
1793 Flowing Hair Cent. Wreath Reverse. S-9. Rarity-2. Vine and Bars Edge. AU-58 BN (NGC). CAC.
This 1793 Wreath cent offers superior quality and eye appeal for this design from the first year of regular issue U.S. Mint coinage. Warm deep brown patina dominates the appearance, although there is considerable faded orange mint color, especially on the reverse. Appreciable satin luster is noted, and the surfaces are hard, tight and undisturbed by even a single significant mark. Minor, shallow planchet voids in the upper obverse field before the letter L in LIBERTY and at the rightmost leaf in the sprig are the most useful identifiers for provenance purposes. Boldly to sharply defined from a well executed strike, this is a handsome, conditionally scarce Chain cent that will appeal to both advanced type collectors and discerning early copper enthusiasts. Noyes Die State C/F.
While Chain cents often attract the most interest for their position as the first made, there is not a collector alive who would assert that Chain cents are more beautiful than their Wreath reverse counterparts. Breen boldly suggested that the elegance of the Wreath cents "was Director David Rittenhouse's answer to the newspaper criticisms" lodged against the Chain cent. Though no evidence exists to support this, the fact remains that the Wreaths represented a substantial step up in both design artistry and engraving execution. The details of this fine style design are lost with even light wear, making high grade Wreath cents such as this the crown princes of the early copper world.
In any numismatic season a 1793 Wreath cent is an object of desire, and even coins that are worn nearly smooth command interest and attention. The 2000 reference Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents: 1793-1814states that approximately 4% of the mintage of 63,353 coins for the 1793 Wreath cent is extant, or 2,400 to 2,800 in all grades. About Uncirculated and Mint State survivors exist in a slightly greater percentage of the mintage than for later years, perhaps due to interest shown in these early U.S. Mint products by contemporary collectors in England, where numismatics was firmly established by the 1790s. Advanced numismatists will be sure to take note of this highlight among the early coppers in the Larry H. Miller Collection.
Provenance: From the Larry H. Miller Collection.
PCGS# 1347. NGC ID: 223H.
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