1795 1/2D Liberty and Security Plain Edge, GW-48, BN MS(PCGS#752)

Winter 2022 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

2048

等级

VF30BN

价格

1,695

详细说明

1795 Liberty and Security Halfpenny. Musante GW-48, Baker-31C, Breen-1262. Copper. Plain edge. VF-30 (PCGS). 27.2 mm. 103.7 grains. Uniform deep steel brown with no serious marks. Struck on a plain edge flan and highly unusual as such. Called “very rare” by Breen who cited no examples. We have six of these in our online archives, reaching as far back as December 2005. Most but not all of these are on narrower flans, like this one, with none of the dentils present. This is an interesting piece, not only for its rare plain edge, but also for the striking error evident at the edge near 7 o’clock. It appears that this blank planchet very slightly overlapped another already-struck piece that had dentils, as these are impressed into the reverse side of the tab. On top, the small arc of dentils are from the obverse die used to strike this impression, and the expansion of the tab allowed for these to be struck up. This was called "double-struck" on Syd Martin’s envelope, but this appears to be the result of a single strike, with an interfering secondary token in the way. Either way, this is an interesting example. Provenance: From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from Presidential Coin and Antique’s sale of July 1993, lot 177; David Hirsch Collection; Presidential Coin and Antique’s sale of June 2011, lot 138. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.