1791 1C Washington, Large Eagle, BN MS(PCGS#702)

August 2018 ANA U.S. Coins Auction Philadelphia, PA

Auktionator

Stack's Bowers

Losnummer

220

Erhaltungsgrad

MS65BN

Preis

3.600

Losbeschreibung

Rare Gem Large Eagle Coin 1791 Large Eagle Cent. Musante GW-15, Baker-15, W-10610. Lettered Edge. MS-65 BN (NGC). Outstanding technical quality and eye appeal for this perennially popular Washington type. Satiny surfaces are dressed in warm golden-brown patina, direct lighting calling forth modest semi-reflective qualities in the fields. Such viewing angles also reveal iridescent undertones of pink and powder blue -- highly attractive. Sharply struck and expertly preserved, this lovely Gem will please even the most discerning collector. This type was produced by W. and Alex Walker of Birmingham, England in an attempt to convince the United States Congress that their private firm could supply high quality coinage to the new nation at less expense than a government owned and operated mint. Dies for this type are attributed to John Gregory Hancock, Jr., who also designed the famous 1792 Washington Roman Head cent. Walker shipped approximately 2,500 Large Eagle cents (as well as 1,500 Small Eagle examples) to Thomas Ketland & Sons in Philadelphia for presentation to legislators. Most of those examples eventually found their way into circulation in the coinage-starved United States of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, but today's collectors are fortunate in that many high grade examples were preserved by collectors and others in England. The present example probably owes its preservation to earlier generations of English numismatists, and as a beautiful Gem it would make an impressive addition to a high quality cabinet. PCGS# 702. NGC ID: 2B6Z. Click here for certification details from NGC.