79
1793 C-2 R3 PCGS graded MS63 Brown.
Choice lus-
trous medium brown and chocolate with darker steel
brown toning on”“the highpoints. Hints of attractive
light bluish steel overtone show on both sides. The
frosty surfaces are nearly flawless and the eye appeal is
outstanding for the grade. The only imperfections are a
microscopic planchet chip on the rim at the top of the
reverse and an even smaller chip just inside the border
beads over the left side of the O in OF, both as struck,
plus a hint of reddish carbon at the right side of the first
A in AMERICA. Late die state with obvious fine die rust
evident on both sides. The reverse is rotated 45 degrees
CW relative to a normal head-to-foot die orientation, a
condition that is often found on this variety. Both sides
are rather well centered on the planchet leaving ample
borders outside the ring of beads.
Our grade is MS60
Choice.
The reverse of this half cent was plated in the
Ebenezer Gilbert’s 1916 reference “”The United States
Half Cents”” (Plate 1, the 1793 “”1-3”” reverse), and both
sides were plated in the 1914 ANS Exhibition of United
States and Colonial Coins Catalog (Plate 23, the Crosby
2-A provided by Hillyer Ryder). In addition this is the
plate coin for the die variety (the large photos) and for
the late die state (the smaller State II photos) in ”Walter
Breen’s Encyclopedia of United States Half Cents 1793-
1857.” The attribution and Missouri Cabinet provenance
are shown on the PCGS label.
PCGS population 1; the
finest of only 2 graded Mint State for the variety
.
PCGS #35006. (Note: This half cent has been part of
the fabulous Missouri Cabinet since the purchase of the
Showers Collection in 1976 but it was misplaced in 1997
and was not included in our sale of that collection in
January 2014. The coin was subsequently ”rediscovered”
after the auction. This offering com- pletes the Missouri
Cabinet sale, and we are making copies of this page avail-
able for insertion into the January 2014 catalog so that
important reference can represent the complete Mis-
souri Cabinet Collection.).
Estimated Value ...............................................$80,000-UP
Ex George H. Earle, Jr., Henry Chapman
6/25/1912:3599-Hillyer Cooper Ryder 2/11/1928-Ryder
Estate 5/5/1945-Wayte Raymond 12/1944-New Neth-
erlands Coin Co., 6/23/1954:259-Philip M. Showers,
Stack’s (privately) 1969-Willis Harrington duPont- Fred
S. Werner 2/1976-Superior Stamp & Coin Company,
Inc., 2/1976-Joe Flynn & Son Rare Coins, Inc. (Joseph
S. Flynn, Jr.) 4/ 20/1976 (privately)-R. Tettenhorst-Eric
P. Newman Numismatic Education Society (EPNNES)-
Missouri Cabinet (Mocab 93.2.2).
The “Missing” Missouri Cabinet 1793 Cohen-2,
Finest Graded by PCGS
