1794 1C S-71, BN MS(PCGS#35696)

1794 1C S-71, BN MS (PCGS#35696)

Spring 2026 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Lot Description: Heck DS1, Breen Die State III. Simply put, this is a lovely Liberty Cap cent irrespective of date or die marriage. Both sides exhibit rich, even, deep brown patina with the barest trace of faded mint color in the protected areas along the upper obverse and reverse borders. The surfaces are hard, tight and predominantly smooth. There are a few minor blemishes, however, and they include a faint hairline scratch on Liberty's neck, another in the hair curls above the digits 17 in the date, several others in the field around the denomination ONE CENT on the reverse, and a small planchet spot in the field under the final letter A in AMERICA. Ideally centered on the obverse with a uniformly denticulated border on that side, the reverse also exhibits full denticulation, although it is trivially off center to 7 o'clock. The reverse is rotated 10 degrees counterclockwise from normal coin alignment.Solidly in the Condition Census for the die pairing, this coin is graded EAC EF40 by both Noyes and Bland and tied for CC#6 in both listings. Bob Grellman graded it EAC EF45 in his cataloging for the September 2009 sale of the Dan Holmes Collection. The obverse of this beautiful coin is plated in Penny Whimsy, Early American Cents, and Tom Morley's 1794 grading guide, where it illustrated the EF45 grade.