LOT Heritage Rare Coin Galleries  /  2004 May (CSNS) Signature Sale #346 - Session 1  / 

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1792 1C Washington/Hancock Pattern Cent,

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:1.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1792 1C Washington/Hancock Pattern Cent,
<table><tr><td><table><tr><td>1792 1C Washington/Hancock Pattern Cent, Lettered Edge Fine 12 Details, Obverse Graffiti, NCS. Baker-59A, Breen-1235. An extremely rare Washington piece that is associated with John Gregory Hancock, Sr. (1775-1815), whom Breen refers to as "a juvenile engraving prodigy, becoming one of the finest artists in the history of 18th-century British diemaking." Hancock worked for the private mint of Obediah Westwood, which sought to secure a federal coinage contract through a series of 1791 to 1792 pattern pieces. Rulau and Fuld state in the Medallic Portraits of Washington, 2nd Edition (2001) that only three pieces are known. Breen lists four examples in his 1988 Encyclopedia, the present piece is #3 in that enumeration. Listed, but unpriced in any grade, on page 60 of the 2004 Guide Book. The initials BM are scratched into the obverse field on each side of the portrait, and the reverse center is softly struck due to the high relief portrait. This chocolate-brown example would be a highlight of the finest collection of Washingtonia.Ex: John L. Roper, 2nd Collection (Stack's, 12/83), lot 400. <BR><BR><B>Important notice:</B> Heritage usually auctions material at the rate of 200-250 lots per hour. On some occasions eBay Live bid software or the Internet may not be able to keep up with the pace of the auction. We recommend placing a realistic absentee bid now as insurance to avoid disappointment. Occasionally the auctioneer may eliminate or reject an eBay Live bid, and the auctioneer may also reopen a lot after the close of the eBay live bidding (usually because we missed an audience bid), and may reject your bid even if it shows you as the winning bidder. By bidding via eBay Live, you agree that Heritage may award the lot to another bidder at its sole discretion under the circumstances described above or any other reasonable circumstances. Since eBay bids are not shown to us until we open the lot on the floor, we treat those bids just like floor bids. In most cases the floor responds before the eBay bid is presented to us, due to Internet lag time, so for consistency we have made it a policy that floor bids are always considered first over tie eBay live bids. Also please note that all Heritage lots purchased through eBay Live carry a 20% Buyer's Premium. Please make sure you read the Terms and Conditions before you bid. <BR><BR><B>IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT RESERVES:</B> Heritage now divulges all reserves on its web site 7 days before every auction. If you want to know whether the reserve on this lot has been met, and if not, what the reserve amount is, please visit this lot page on the HeritageCoin.com web site, or email: bid@HeritageGalleries.com </span></font></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
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