1796 LARGE CENT -
SHELDON 102
Rarity: Very Scarce |
Recent appearances:
EF-45. Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale",
October 17-19, 2000, Lot 66, "Sheldon 102, Defects over Date,
Rarity-4, Reverse Type of '94", illustrated, sold for $5,980.00 The Noyes Plate Coin, (EAC:
Extremely Fine-40. Tied with two others for Finest
Known). Previous Sales: Ex John Whitney Collection;
earlier, from B. Max Mehl's sale of the Frederci W. Geiss Collection,
February 1947, lot 31; Lee Lahrmann; Abe Kosoff's sale of February 1963,
lot 183; R.E. Naftzger in February 1992; E. Streiner in December 1993.'"
NGC Good-4. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of
Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part III", May 21, 2001, Lot 1336, illustrated,
not sold
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"Penny Whimsy" by Dr. William H. Sheldon
"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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