1794 1C Bent Lock, S-22, BN MS(PCGS#35531)

June 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Commissaire-priseur

Stack's Bowers

Numéro du lot

1299

Grade

VF30BN

Prix

2 400

Description du lot

A generally olive-brown and faded pinkish-rose example that shows a few swirls of crimson surface scale on both sides. This is a well-balanced Choice VF early copper, the date sharp, central motifs bold, and all peripheral features discernible to bold. A few gentle edge bruises and microscopic roughness to the texture are noted for accuracy. Sheldon-22 is the Bent Hair Lock, Mounded Reverse variety of the 1794 Liberty Cap cent. These names are derived from the downward bend of the sixth hair lock of Liberty's portrait and die swell on the reverse wreath, though the swelling is not always present in early die state states.