1794 1C Head of '95, S-71, RB (Regular Strike)
Series: Liberty Cap Cents 1793-1796
PCGS MS65RB
- PCGS #:
- 35697
- Designer:
- Attributed to Robert Scot
- Edge:
- Lettered: ONE HUNDRED FOR A DOLLAR
- Diameter:
- 28.00 millimeters
- Weight:
- 13.48 grams
- Mintage:
- 918,521
- Mint:
- Philadelphia
- Metal:
- Copper
- Auction Record:
- $199,750 • MS65RB • 03-31-2017 • Stack's Bowers
Die Varieties
Condition Census What Is This?
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#1 PCGS MS65RB
William Strickland, taken to England from the United States Mint in 1794; Charles Winn (husband of Priscilla Strickland, son-in-law and cousin of William Strickland), by sale, 1834; Rowland Winn, 1st Baron St. Oswald of Nostell, by descent, 1874; Rowland Winn, 2nd Baron St. Oswald of Nostell, by descent, 1893; Rowland George Winn, 3rd Baron St. Oswald of Nostell, by descent, 1919; Rowland Denys Guy Winn, Major the Lord St. Oswald, M.C., by descent, 1957; “English, Foreign, and Important American Coins, the Property of Major the Lord St. Oswald, M.C.,” Christie, Manson, and Woods, Ltd., October 1964, Lot 166 – $2,940; A.H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd.; Dorothy I. Paschal; Dr. William H. Sheldon; R.E. “Ted” Naftzger, Jr., April 1972; Walter J. Husak, 2001; As PCGS MS65RB #13470600. “The Walter J. Husak Collection,” Heritage Auctions, February 2008, Lot 2073 – $253,000. As PCGS MS65RB #32189851. “The D. Brent Pogue Family Collection, Part V,” Stack’s Bowers, March 31, 2017, Lot 5100 – $199,750. S-71. Die State IV. |
The 1794 Liberty Cap Cent, Sheldon 71
The Sheldon 71 (#35696) is an R2 "Head of 1795" variety that represents the unique appearance of Obverse 37 paired with the final use of Reverse JJ.
The obverse is characterized by a small circular curl at the base of the hair, evenly spaced lettering in LIBERTY, and three distinct lap marks on the face caused by die damage. Positionally, the top of Liberty’s hair extends two-thirds of the way through the base of the "T." While early strikes are clean, later die states develop a circular crack to the left of the pileus that travels across the tops of "LIBE." A notable feature on many specimens is a clear clashed impression of "AMERICA" visible following the word LIBERTY.
The reverse is easily identified by its unusual foliage—specifically a double leaf under the "O" and a triple leaf under the "D" in UNITED—along with a numerator that rests directly above the tilted fraction bar and a berry count of six on the left and seven on the right.
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