1/12/2024 0 Comments First american coins 1793![]() ![]() Only eight examples of the S-79 variety are known. The S-15 variety is the rarest “collectible” 1793 cent, according to Neiswinter, and second rarest of all the early date collectible cents 1793 to 1814, following the 1795 Liberty Cap, Reeded Edge cent, S-79. The same obverse was also used for the S-16 variety, and the same reverse was also used for the S-12 1793 Liberty Cap cent. This attribution point is not outlined in other noted large cent references. Neiswinter’s reference includes detailed attribution points of the S-15 cent, including the primary designation of the B in LIBERTY on the obverse leaning to the viewer’s left. ![]() 4, he doubts he would have been able to accurately attribute the variety as an S-15. Without the book’s release, Carr told Coin World Sept. Neiswinter’s book was introduced in May in the Columbus, Ohio, suburb of Newark in conjunction with the Early American Coppers annual convention. The confirmation of the 13th known example of S-15 1793 Liberty Cap cent was made two months after collector Jim Neiswinter’s release of his new reference, The Aristocrat: The Story of the 1793 Sheldon 15. 6, 2009, as part of the Dan Holmes Collection). Sheldon.ĭeMeo said it’s unlikely that he’ll be able to add an example of the S-79 variety because its cost is prohibitive (the last example to sell at auction was a piece graded Very Good 10 by Professional Coin Grading Service that sold for $1.265 million on Sept. With the acquisition, DeMeo needs only the ultra-rare and expensive Sheldon 79 variety - the 1795 Liberty Cap, Reeded Edge cent - to complete a collection of 302 varieties of large cents dated 1793 through 1814 by Sheldon attribution numbers as identified in Penny Whimsy by William H.
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