1793 1C Chain, AMERI., BN

1793 1C Chain, Periods, BN

Brown

1793 1C Chain, S-2, BN (Regular Strike)

Series: Flowing Hair Chain Cents 1793

PCGS MS64BN

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PCGS MS62+BN

PCGS #:: 35435

Designer:: Attributed to Henry Voight

Edge:: Bars and Vines

Diameter:: 27.00 millimeters

Weight:: 13.48 grams

Mintage:: 36,103

Mint:: Philadelphia

Metal:: Copper

Auction Record:: $998,750 • MS65 • 01-01-2013 • Stack's Bowers

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Grades	Survival Estimate The Survival Estimate represents an average of one or more experts' opinions as to how many examples survive of a particular coin in three categories: 1) all grades, 2) 60 or better, and 3) 65 or better. These estimates are based on a variety of sources, including population reports, auction appearances, and personal knowledge. Survival estimates include coins that are raw, certified by PCGS, and certified by other grading services.	Numismatic Rarity Numismatic Rarity converts the Survival Estimate for a particular coin into a number from 1 to 10 (with decimal increments) based on the PCGS Rarity Scale. The higher the number, the more rare the coin.	Relative Rarity By Type Relative Rarity By Type ranks the rarity of this coin with all other coins of this Type. Lower numbers indicate rarer coins.	Relative Rarity By Series Relative Rarity By Series ranks the rarity of this coin with all other coins of this Series. Lower numbers indicate rarer coins.
All Grades	150	R-7.5	1 / 3	1 / 3
60 or Better	1	R-10.0	1 / 3	1 / 3
65 or Better	1	R-10.0	1 / 3 TIE	1 / 3 TIE

Survival Estimate
All Grades	150
60 or Better	1
65 or Better	1

Numismatic Rarity
All Grades	R-7.5
60 or Better	R-10.0
65 or Better	R-10.0

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All Grades	1 / 3
60 or Better	1 / 3
65 or Better	1 / 3 TIE

Relative Rarity By Series All Specs in this Series
All Grades	1 / 3
60 or Better	1 / 3
65 or Better	1 / 3 TIE

Condition Census What Is This?

Pos	Grade	Pedigree and History
1	MS65BN PCGS grade	W.S. Lincoln & Son, sold privately in 8/1891 - Benjamin H. Collins, sold privately on 1/30/1919 - Dr. Henry W. Beckwith Collection - S.H. Chapman 4/1923:1, $430 - Henry Chapman - Dr. George P. French Collection - B. Max Mehl's 1929 FPL, lot 1, $850 - J.C. Morgenthau 4/1933:2 - B. Max Mehl's personal collection - T. James Clarke Collection - New Netherlands 4/1956 - John H. Payne, 1953 - Dr. William H. Sheldon, sold privately on 4/19/1972 - R.E. "Ted" Naftzger" Jr., traded privately on 12/11/1986 - Herman Halpern Collection - Stack's 3/1988:2 - Anthony Terranova - Andrew Lustig - Don Kagin, 11/1992 - Gilbert Steinberg Collection - Superior 9/1996:1560 - Anthony Terranova and Chris Victor-McCawley - Walter Husak Collection - Superior 2/2001:2090, not sold - American Numismatic Rarities 1/2005:69, $431,250
2	MS64BN PCGS grade	George F. Seavey Collection - William H. Strobridge 6/1873:205 - Lorin G. Parmelee Collection - New York Coin & Stamp Co. 6/1890:669 - Harlan P. Smith - M.A. Brown Collection - Chapman Brothers 4/1897739 - George H. Earle, Jr. Collection - Henry Chapman 6/1912:3353 - Allison W. Jackman Collection - Henry Chapman 6/1918:684 - Wayte Raymond - Howard Rounds Newcomb Collection - J.C. Morgenthau & Co. 2/1945:2 - James Kelly (1945 and 1946 FPL) - Dr. James O. Sloss, sold privately in 9/1958 - R.E. “Ted” Naftzger, Jr. Collection - Abe Kosoff 10/1959:2 - Stack's - Stack's 2/1976:2 - Julian Leidman - Joe Flynn, sold privately in 4/1977 - R. Tettenhorst, sold privately in 10/1995 - Jay Parrino - Superior 9/1997:29. - Eugene H. Gardner Collection - Heritage 6/2014:30019 $396,562.50
3	MS64BN PCGS grade	H. W. Taffs - Glendining & Co. 11/1956:506 - Spink & Son - New Netherlands 12/1957:880 - Floyd T. Starr Collection - Stack’s 6/1984:2 - Herman Halpern 12/1986 - R. E. Naftzger, Jr., sold privately in 2/1992 - Eric Streiner - Jay Parrino, sold privately in 4/1996 - Jack Wadlington Collection (via Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley), sold privately in 6/2005 - Dan Holmes Collection - Goldbergs 9/2009:3, $402,500 - Anthony Terranova - Joseph O’Connor, sold privately in 8/2011 - Oliver Jung Collection - Heritage 8/2014:5518, $411,250 - Joseph O’Connor at the 9/2014 Long Beach Show, sold privately in 3/2016 - Rick Snow
4	MS63BN PCGS grade	Jenkins Family Collection - Heritage 1/2018:4733, $300,000
4	MS62BN PCGS grade
6	AU58 estimated grade	F.C.C. Boyd, 1957 - New Netherlands 12/1957:881, $1,350 - Stack', 6/1987:145, $31,900 - Martin Paul - Superior 1/1988:50, $50,600 - Martin Paul - Dr. Kenneth Baer - Auction '89 (David Akers “Auction ‘89” 7/1989:1003, $88,000 - American Rare Coin Fund, LP - Superior “Auction ‘90” 8/1990:1007, $132,000 - Martin Haber - Heritage 10/1990:453 - Bowers & Merena 1/1993:217 - Superior, privately - Spectrum Numismatics, 9/1996 - Walt Husak Collection - Heritage 2/2008:2001, $126,500 - Goldbergs 9/2013:116 (as raw AU58), not sold
7	AU55 PCGS grade	S. H. & H. Chapman 10/1879:442 - Ferguson Haines Collection - Woodward 10/1880:183 - Burton - Woodward 10/1881:103 - Edward Cogan - Frothingham - Sampson 5/1883:60 - J. B. Wilson 1908:971 - Henry Chapman before 1913 - Albert Holden - Norweb Collection - Bowers & Merena 11/1988:268 - Stack's “Auction ‘89” 7/1989:1534 - Henderson - Superior 1/1993:33 - Superior 6/1997:39 - Tony Terranova - Stack's 1997 - Robert C. Clark - Bowers & Merena 8/2000:206 - Dr. Hesselgesser - Goldbergs 2/2007:251, $109,250 - Aspen Collection - Heritage 7/2008:1500, $149,500
8	AU53 PCGS grade	Rodney T. Grove - Robert Nofal and Lewis Kling - Superior Stamp & Coin Co. - Superior 7/1981:507 - Douglas F. Bird - Michael Kramer 10/1996) - Dennis Mendelson 12/1996 - John B. MacDonald - Denis W. Loring - Heritage 1/2012:3017, $120,750
8	AU53 PCGS grade	Peter Mougey Collection -William H. Woodin Collection - Thomas L. Elder 9/1910:3 - S. H. Chapman - Homer K. Downing Collection - New Netherlands 1952:16 - Dr. William H. Sheldon Collection - Dorothy Paschal (via Ray Chatham 1972) - Dean Oakes, sold privately on 9/6/1986 - Thomas D. Reynolds Collection - Goldbergs 1/2016:1, $141,000

#1 MS65BN PCGS grade

W.S. Lincoln & Son, sold privately in 8/1891 - Benjamin H. Collins, sold privately on 1/30/1919 - Dr. Henry W. Beckwith Collection - S.H. Chapman 4/1923:1, $430 - Henry Chapman - Dr. George P. French Collection - B. Max Mehl's 1929 FPL, lot 1, $850 - J.C. Morgenthau 4/1933:2 - B. Max Mehl's personal collection - T. James Clarke Collection - New Netherlands 4/1956 - John H. Payne, 1953 - Dr. William H. Sheldon, sold privately on 4/19/1972 - R.E. "Ted" Naftzger" Jr., traded privately on 12/11/1986 - Herman Halpern Collection - Stack's 3/1988:2 - Anthony Terranova - Andrew Lustig - Don Kagin, 11/1992 - Gilbert Steinberg Collection - Superior 9/1996:1560 - Anthony Terranova and Chris Victor-McCawley - Walter Husak Collection - Superior 2/2001:2090, not sold - American Numismatic Rarities 1/2005:69, $431,250

#2 MS64BN PCGS grade

George F. Seavey Collection - William H. Strobridge 6/1873:205 - Lorin G. Parmelee Collection - New York Coin & Stamp Co. 6/1890:669 - Harlan P. Smith - M.A. Brown Collection - Chapman Brothers 4/1897739 - George H. Earle, Jr. Collection - Henry Chapman 6/1912:3353 - Allison W. Jackman Collection - Henry Chapman 6/1918:684 - Wayte Raymond - Howard Rounds Newcomb Collection - J.C. Morgenthau & Co. 2/1945:2 - James Kelly (1945 and 1946 FPL) - Dr. James O. Sloss, sold privately in 9/1958 - R.E. “Ted” Naftzger, Jr. Collection - Abe Kosoff 10/1959:2 - Stack's - Stack's 2/1976:2 - Julian Leidman - Joe Flynn, sold privately in 4/1977 - R. Tettenhorst, sold privately in 10/1995 - Jay Parrino - Superior 9/1997:29. - Eugene H. Gardner Collection - Heritage 6/2014:30019 $396,562.50

#3 MS64BN PCGS grade

H. W. Taffs - Glendining & Co. 11/1956:506 - Spink & Son - New Netherlands 12/1957:880 - Floyd T. Starr Collection - Stack’s 6/1984:2 - Herman Halpern 12/1986 - R. E. Naftzger, Jr., sold privately in 2/1992 - Eric Streiner - Jay Parrino, sold privately in 4/1996 - Jack Wadlington Collection (via Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley), sold privately in 6/2005 - Dan Holmes Collection - Goldbergs 9/2009:3, $402,500 - Anthony Terranova - Joseph O’Connor, sold privately in 8/2011 - Oliver Jung Collection - Heritage 8/2014:5518, $411,250 - Joseph O’Connor at the 9/2014 Long Beach Show, sold privately in 3/2016 - Rick Snow

#4 MS63BN PCGS grade

Jenkins Family Collection - Heritage 1/2018:4733, $300,000

#4 MS62BN PCGS grade

#6 AU58 estimated grade

F.C.C. Boyd, 1957 - New Netherlands 12/1957:881, $1,350 - Stack', 6/1987:145, $31,900 - Martin Paul - Superior 1/1988:50, $50,600 - Martin Paul - Dr. Kenneth Baer - Auction '89 (David Akers “Auction ‘89” 7/1989:1003, $88,000 - American Rare Coin Fund, LP - Superior “Auction ‘90” 8/1990:1007, $132,000 - Martin Haber - Heritage 10/1990:453 - Bowers & Merena 1/1993:217 - Superior, privately - Spectrum Numismatics, 9/1996 - Walt Husak Collection - Heritage 2/2008:2001, $126,500 - Goldbergs 9/2013:116 (as raw AU58), not sold

#7 AU55 PCGS grade

S. H. & H. Chapman 10/1879:442 - Ferguson Haines Collection - Woodward 10/1880:183 - Burton - Woodward 10/1881:103 - Edward Cogan - Frothingham - Sampson 5/1883:60 - J. B. Wilson 1908:971 - Henry Chapman before 1913 - Albert Holden - Norweb Collection - Bowers & Merena 11/1988:268 - Stack's “Auction ‘89” 7/1989:1534 - Henderson - Superior 1/1993:33 - Superior 6/1997:39 - Tony Terranova - Stack's 1997 - Robert C. Clark - Bowers & Merena 8/2000:206 - Dr. Hesselgesser - Goldbergs 2/2007:251, $109,250 - Aspen Collection - Heritage 7/2008:1500, $149,500

#8 AU53 PCGS grade

Rodney T. Grove - Robert Nofal and Lewis Kling - Superior Stamp & Coin Co. - Superior 7/1981:507 - Douglas F. Bird - Michael Kramer 10/1996) - Dennis Mendelson 12/1996 - John B. MacDonald - Denis W. Loring - Heritage 1/2012:3017, $120,750

#8 AU53 PCGS grade

Peter Mougey Collection -William H. Woodin Collection - Thomas L. Elder 9/1910:3 - S. H. Chapman - Homer K. Downing Collection - New Netherlands 1952:16 - Dr. William H. Sheldon Collection - Dorothy Paschal (via Ray Chatham 1972) - Dean Oakes, sold privately on 9/6/1986 - Thomas D. Reynolds Collection - Goldbergs 1/2016:1, $141,000