FINEST KNOWN 1794 LARGE CENTS

 

          The recent Walter Husak Sale of Large Cents presented an unprecedented buying opportunity and we took full advantage of it buying over one and half million dollars worth of cents for clients and inventory.

          Below we offer a few of these fabulous cents, many of which have been off the market for decades:

(descriptions below)

1794 S-38 R5 PGCS MS63  $75,000        SOLD
   

1794 S-40 R5+ PCGS MS63 $100,000        SOLD
   

1794 S-45 R5+ PCGS MS65 RB $185,000       SOLD
   

1794 S-51 R5 PCGS AU55 $37,500    SOLD
   

1794 S59 R3 PCGS MS64 $67,500     SOLD
   

1794 S-62 R4+ PCGS MS62 $75,000     SOLD 
   

1794 S-64 R5 PCGS MS65 $195,000     SOLD

 

THE FINEST KNOWN 1794 S-38—SINGLE BERRY LEFT OF RIBBON BOW

1794        S-38         R5            PCGS MS63                                             $ 75,000

Chocolate brown with a sharp strike and fully lustrous surfaces. The finest known example of the variety. The second finest available to collectors is VF35.this is also the finest known of the rare single berry left of ribbon bow type. Ex. C. Douglas smith-R.E. Naftzger.

 

THE FINEST KNOWN 1794 S-40—THE CHAPMAN PLATE COIN

1794        S-40         R5+          PCGS MS63                                             $100,000

Deep chocolate brown with a semi-prooflike surface and a very sharp central strike. Ex. Ed Frossard-T. Harrison Garrett-John Work Garrett-John Adams-R.E. Naftzger-Tom Morley.

 

THE FINEST KNOWN 1794 S-45—THE NOYES PLATE COIN

1794        S-45         R5+          PCGS MS65 RB                                        $185,000

Superb bluish olive steel and brown mixed with mint red. A stunning cent with an exceptionally sharp strike. The finest known by a substantial margin. Over the past twenty years I am aware of only two examples better than VG that have been sold publicly. Ex. Lord St. Oswald-Dorothy Paschal-Dr. William Sheldon-R.E. Naftzger-Eric Streiner-Dr. Allen Bennett.

 

     THE FINEST KNOWN 1794 S-51-THE BREEN PLATE COIN

1794        S-51         R5            PCGS AU55                                             $ 37,500

Lovely light walnut brown with lustrous surfaces. Very finely detailed hair and devices. Only the most minor handling marks. This is the plate coin in the Breen Borckhardt reference. Ex. Henry C. Miller-Henry Hines-Dr. William Sheldon-R.E. Naftzger-John W. Adams-Jack Robinson-Al Bennett.

 

THE FINEST KNOWN 1794  S-62---THE NOYES PLATE COIN

1794        S-62         R4+          PCGS MS62                                             $ 75,000

Superbly struck even chocolate brown. There is a light lamination line in the obverse field K2 down to Liberty’s neck. Fully lustrous surfaces. The finest known example of this variety by a wide margin (the second finest is EF, the third VF). Ex. John Work Garrett-John Adams-R.E. Naftzger-Allen Bennett.

 

THE FINEST KNOWN 1794 S-64  NO FRACTION BAR—THE CHAPMAN PLATE COIN

1794        S-64         R5            PCGS MS65                                             $195,000

Possibly the most superb of all 1794 Large Cents. Graded MS67 and listed as finest known in the Breen Encyclopedia of Large Cents. An extraordinarily sharp strike coupled with semi-prooflike surfaces give this an exceptional appearance. The color is a beautiful light chocolate with underlying faded mint red. Comes with an illustrious pedigree: Ex. John G. Mills-Chapman Bros. 4/04-George H. Earle-Clarence Bement-Howard Newcomb-Dr. William Sheldon-R.E. Naftzger-Eric Streiner-Dr. Allen Bennett.

 Over the past 25 years, we have handled many of the finest Early Copper coins to come on the market. If you are building a collection of Half Cents or Large Cents, we can probably help.