2024 EAC Sale

EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS

 1794 C-9 THIN PLANCHET

LOT 108 1794 C-9 R7 (with Thin, Lettered Edge Planchet) VG8. Thin Planchet with Lettered Edge. Sharpness VF25 but dark olive and steel with patches of pitting on the obverse and fine granularity elsewhere. No verdigris but there are some marks including several light rim bruises on the reverse and a pair of old scratches right of the F in HALF. The pitting is located mostly around the date and at ERTY. The date and legends are easily readable in spite of the roughness. MDS, Manley state 2.0. The die crack from the dentils to the cap is visible but not strong. Struck on a lightweight planchet (87.5 grains versus the 104.0 grain standard for 1794 half cents) and it has a lettered edge. Many of the edge letters hang off the thin planchet, but they are readable. We know of only 6 examples struck on a thin, lettered edge planchet (see page 45 in the Manley reference on the series).

Ex Bill Weber, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/31/1999:1396-R. Tettenhorst (The Davy Collection), McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/19/2010:17 (lot ticket included)

 1794 C-9 THIN PLANCHET WITH LETTERED EDGE

LOT 109 1794 C-9 R7 (with Thin, Lettered Edge Planchet) Fair-2. Slightly sharper but covered with fine roughness mixed with a couple stronger patches of corrosion on the obverse. The area at IBER is distorted by the corrosion and there is a depression in the center of the obverse. No contact marks or verdigris. The date is weak but readable as is most of the legend. Struck on a lightweight planchet (74.9 grains versus the 104.0 grain standard for 1794 half cents) and it has a lettered edge. Many of the edge letters hang off the thin planchet and some of them are no longer readable. We know of only 6 examples struck on a thin, lettered edge planchet (see page 45 in the Manley reference on the series).

Ex Chris McCawley 4/16/2009-unknown-Stack’s Bowers 2/27/2019:364 (lot ticket included)

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