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1792 P1c Birch Cent, LE, TO BE ESTEEMED BE USEFUL J-5 BN

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Grade CPG Value
MS61 $660,000.00

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3 records found.

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    Description Grade Auction House Sell Price Sell Date
    1792 P1C Birch Cent, Judd-5, Pollock-6, R.8 MS61 Brown NGC. 61 HA 517,000 08/14/2016
    1792 P1C Birch Cent, Judd-5, Pollock-6 MS61 Brown NGC. 61 HA 564,000 01/12/2015
    1792 P1C Birch Cent, Judd-5, Pollock-6, R.8, Fair 2 NGC. 2 HA 86,250 01/11/2009
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      Entry Details

      PCGS Number: 11014
      Coin Date: 1792
      Denomination (Short): P1c
      Denomination (Long): Pattern Cent
      Variety: Birch Cent, LE, TO BE ESTEEMED BE USEFUL
      Variety 2: J-5
      Desg: MS
      Composition: Copper
      Mintage: 2 known
      Strike Type: Business
      Coinage Type: Pattern
      Coinage Years: 1792
      Mint Location: Philadelphia
      Designer: William or Robert Birch
      Edge: Lettered
      Obverse Description: Liberty, facing right, bright-eyed and almost smiling, BIRCH lettered on neck truncation. Inscription LIBERTY PARENT OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY around, and with the date 1792 just below the bust. On the truncation of the neck appears the word BIRCH, for the engraver of the dies. Today, no one has positively identified which Birch made the dies—perhaps William Birch or Robert Birch.
      Reverse Description: Wreath enclosing ONE CENT, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around border. 1/100 below wreath.
      General Notes: The style of the 1792 silver half disme is related to that of the famous copper Birch cent of the same year signed BIRCH, giving reason to attribute the authorship of the half disme to Birch as well.
      PCGS #: 11014
      NGC ID: BFH4
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