(c.1795) Penny Liberty and Security GW-45, BN MS(PCGS#767)

Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

1361

Grade

MS63BN

Price

2,379

Lot Description

Warmly toned in olive-brown, both sides also retain hints of faded mint orange color that are most intense at and around many of the peripheral letters. Strike detail is uncommonly sharp for the type, even atop Washington's head, and while there is some evidence for light cabinet handling here, we see nothing that would seem to preclude a Select Mint State grade were this piece resubmitted today. While nice examples do appear on occasion, it is not unusual to find this issue in circulated grades. This suggests a degree of acceptance by people who either occasionally passed them as cents in circulation or carried them as mementos of Washington which the thoughtfully accomplished portrait and large size make them ideal for.