(c.1795) Penny Liberty and Security GW-45, BN MS(PCGS#767)
(c.1795) Penny Liberty and Security GW-45, BN MS (PCGS#767)
Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins
- 競売業者
- Stack's Bowers
- ロット番号
- 1362
- グレード
- AU58BN
- 価格
- 915
- ロット詳細
- Boldly struck and sharply defined overall, the otherwise olive-brown surfaces exhibit areas of faded mint orange color that are most pronounced in the left and right obverse field areas. Texture is hard and satiny with only minor marks scattered about. This Liberty and Security issue was made by Peter Kempson in 1795. It is believed to have been a speculative attempt to land a coinage contract at a time when the fledgling U.S. Mint was foundering, though no specific information exists to substantiate this theory. Now mostly hidden from view in slabs, the edges of these Washington pieces can be fascinating. Here the edge is visible and reads AN ASYLUM FOR THE OPPRESS'D OF ALL NATIONS, an interesting motto given the politics of today.