1794 Cent Talbot, Allum & Lee New York, BN PR(PCGS#90634)

1794 Cent Talbot, Allum & Lee New York, BN PR (PCGS#90634)

November 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Losbeschreibung: A superior example of the type, direct lighting calls forth nice reflectivity in the fields that contrasts with frosty, fully impressed motifs. Vivid pinkish-orange color backlights dominant medium brown patina, the appearance original and attractive. A few faint spots in the right obverse field join with a larger one in the right reverse field to preclude a full Gem grade, surfaces also with faint hairlines from ancient numismatic handling. This is a lovely Choice specimen, nonetheless, and it is perfect for high quality type purposes.<p>The partnership of Talbot, Allum & Lee, formed in 1794 and operated only until 1796, was composed of William Talbot, William Allum, and James Lee, who engaged in the India trade in lower Manhattan at 241 Pearl Street. Tokens dated 1794 and 1795, bearing the standing figure of Commerce on the obverse and a fully rigged sailing ship on the reverse, were struck in Birmingham and imported into America. On this side of the Atlantic they were sufficiently plentiful at one time that the Philadelphia Mint gathered examples and cut planchets for half cents from them, such half cent emissions being dated 1795 and 1797. For extensive information see Q. David Bowers, <em>The Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins</em>.