PCGS VF25
- PCGS #:
- 597
- Designer:
- N/A
- Edge:
- N/A
- Diameter:
- N/A
- Weight:
- N/A
- Mintage:
- N/A
- Mint:
- Philadelphia
- Metal:
- Other
- Auction Record:
- $172,500 • CH VF (VF35? 40?) • 05-01-2004 • Stack's
Major Varieties
- 1783 MD 1S Chalmers, Long Worm
- 1783 MD 1S Chalmers, Short Worm
- 1783 MD 1S Chalmers, Rings
Condition Census What Is This?
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#1 F15 estimated grade
Henry Chapman (discovered in March 1906) - John Story Jenks - Henry Chapman, 12/1921:5521 - John Work Garrett Collection - Johns Hopkins University Collection - Bowers & Ruddy, 10/1980:1313, $75,000 - John L. Roper II Collection - Stack's 12/1983:175, $24,200 - Donald Groves Partrick Collection - Heritage 1/2015:5659, $129,250 |
The 1783 Chalmers Shilling with the Rings Reverse is one of the rarest of all U.S. Colonial coin types. Only five examples are known, the finest of which is the NGC VF25 that recently sold in the Donbald Partrick Collection (2015) for $129,250. That example was double struck, which caused some loss of details, but condition is often irrelevant when the rarity is so profound. These rarely appear at auction, so collectors have few opportunities to purchase one.