Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 109

January 27-30, 2019 Long Beach

The Neiswinter Collection

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1		1793 S-1 R4- Chain AMERI. PCGS graded VF30. Glossy light to medium chocolate brown delicately woodgrained with lighter brown toning on the obverse. The surfaces are smooth and show only a few trivial contact marks. The only notable mark is a very thin planchet fissure slanting from the rim left of the L in LIBERTY to the rim opposite the upper lip, as struck, and it blends nicely into the woodgrained toning. The reverse is absolutely choice in every respect. Nicely struck E-MDS, Breen state II, with a subtle bulge behind the 1 in the date and a more obvious bulge at the top of the U in UNITED, but there are no die clashmarks below the truncation. The date and legends are strong. A nice example of this famous variety. Our grade is VF20+, very close to VF25. Weight 192.0 grains. The AMERI. variety was the first regular issue coin struck in the United States at the new Philadelphia Mint, and as such it will always hold a special place in our numismatic history. The Vine & Bars edge device found on most 1793 cents comes in two distinct versions, herein called (a) and (b). The (a) version is found on all 5 die varieties of Chain Cents (Sheldon numbers 1-4 and the NC-1) and two varieties of Wreath Cents (Sheldon 8 and 9). All other varieties of Wreath Cents, including the extremely rare Strawberry Leaf varieties, are known only with the (b) version of the Vine & Bars edge device--although crossover examples may exist. The (a) version of the Vine & Bars edge device has the bars divided into two sections of 24 and 23 bars each, and the leaves on the vines are slightly smaller than those found on the (b) version. The bars on the (b) version of the edge device are arranged in two sections of 30 and 20 bars each, so it is easy to differentiate between the two, even on lower grade cents. Two varieties of 1793 Wreath Cents come with a Lettered Edge (Sheldon 11b and 11c). Mint records indicate there were a total of 36,103 Chain Cents of all die varieties produced, all struck in the first 2 weeks of March 1793. Researchers estimate that 3.1% of those have survived, a total of approximately 1100 pieces. The attribution and Neiswinter provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 2; 6 finer for the variety at PCGS. *Estimate Value $40,000 - UP* Ex Tony Terranova 1/2018-Jim Neiswinter Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 2		1793 S-1 R4- Chain AMERI. PCGS graded VF25. Very attractive glossy medium brown and light chocolate with lighter brown toning in the protected areas on both sides. No roughness or verdigris, only light contact marks on the obverse. The only notable mark is a nearly horizontal nick on the end of the chin into the field to the right. The reverse is choice. MDS, Breen state III. The usual bulges at the 1 in the date and at the top of the U in UNITED are clear and there are light die clashmarks below the truncation. The date and legends are all clear except for the numerator in the fraction which was softly struck. Another very nice mid-grade Chain AMERI. Our grade is F15. This example was struck on a relatively thick planchet that weighs 216.8 grains, slightly heavier than the 208-grain standard in spite of the wear. PCGS population 2; 8 finer for the variety. *Estimate Value $22,000 - UP* Ex Chris McCawley 3/1992-Jim Neiswinter Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $31,200
Lot 3		1793 S-1 R4- Chain AMERI. PCGS graded G6. Glossy medium chocolate brown and steel. There are numerous tiny contact marks scattered over both sides but no corrosion or verdigris. The notable marks are a long nick from the end of the chin into the field to the right and a planchet flake or pit near the middle of the neck. The date is weak while everything else is clear, a result of the dies being out of proper axial alignment (the die faces were not perfectly parallel). The reverse is quite nice with clear, complete legends consistent with a VG grade. Very rare terminal die state (TDS), Breen VI, with a strong rim cud break touching the tops of TAT in STATES. Less than 10 are known in this die state, and most of those are in very low grade. Listed as third finest in the Noyes census, and the finest of those is in the ANS Collection. This piece is far superior to the damaged terminal die state example in the famous Dan Holmes Collection. A great opportunity for the die state specialist. Our grade is G6, same as the PCGS grade. Weight 191.4 grains. The attribution and Neiswinter provenance are noted on the PCGS label. (Note: The failure of the AMERI reverse resulted in a change to a reverse die that had AMERICA spelled out in full. This new reverse married to the first obverse became the second variety, now known as Sheldon-2. Changing of a die to create a new variety happened 363 more times for the early cents, 1793-1814. Sixty-six years later the first variety study on any coinage denomination in this country - "About Cents" - was printed in the Boston Evening Transcript in 1859. Particular attention was paid to the cents of 1793 where 11 varieties were described compared to only 3 varieties for 1794. Obviously more work needed to be done, but this was a start.). *Estimate Value $14,000 - UP* Ex Bowers & Merena 1/1990:1071-Bowers & Merena 6/2000:40-Jim Neiswinter Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $8,100
Lot 4		1793 S-2 R4 Chain AMERICA PCGS graded VF20. Attractive glossy medium steel and chocolate brown. No corrosion or verdigris, only minor contact marks. The notable ones are a tiny pinprick just above the 3 in the date, a short scratch between the I and B in LIBERTY, and a short scratch under the N in CENT. In addition there is a minor planchet fissure in the field under ER in AMERICA, as struck. MDS, Breen state II early, with a minor bulge through the base of the date. The date is clear (although the always present bulge at the 1 does weaken that numeral relative to the others), and the legends are strong. Our grade is F15. This second die variety was created after the AMERI. reverse die failed (reverse die A) and was replaced by a reverse die that has AMERICA spelled out (Reverse die C). This (C) reverse die was used for all the other varieties of Chain Cents. A possible third reverse, Sylvester Crosby's reverse B, proved to be an alteration. According to George Clapp in the September 1942 Coin Collector's Journal the example with Crosby's reverse B had the CA in AMERICA milled off with a small copper pin inserted after the I to act as the period, all in an attempt to replicate the AMERI. reverse. Joseph Levick wrote in his 1869 Book of Rubbings (his journal of putting together the 1793 cents for the American Journal of Numismatics plate) that he believed this particular cent (owned by his friend Robert Hewitt) had been "tooled and altered to an AMERI. from an AMERICA." In Crosby's 1897 book, The United States Coinage of 1793--Cents and Half Cents, he wrote "I have found only one impression of this die and cannot trace that, but describe and illustrate it from a copy taken some years ago." This copy was an electrotype that was made by Crosby in 1869. Evidently Crosby believed it was a genuine variety and assigned to it the reverse the "B" designation. Weight 204.3 grains. The attribution and Neiswinter provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 2; 7 finer for the variety. *Estimate Value $20,000 - UP* Ex Joel Spingarn 4/1993-Jim Neiswinter Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $25,200
Lot 5		1793 S-3 R3- Chain AMERICA PCGS graded VF20. Glossy mix of medium brown, light chocolate, and olive brown. The planchet is smooth except for a spot of microscopic roughness in the field under the truncation and a collection of planchet flakes and small fissures at the bottom of the Chain (as struck). Otherwise just a few small ticks on the cheek and neck. Nicely struck EDS, Breen state I, before any die clashmarks on the obverse. The date and legends are complete and strong. Another very nice mid-grade Chain Cent. Interestingly most of the planchets used for this S-3 die variety have an approximately 1mm larger diameter than on the other 4 varieties of Chain Cents. These larger planchets have the same diameter as those found on the S-5 Wreath Cent variety. This difference was first reported by Dr. Augustine Shurtleff in "About Cents," an article he published in the March 1, 1859 edition of the Boston Evening Transcript. Weight 209.9 grains. Our grade is F15. The attribution and Neiswinter provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 2; 8 finer for the variety. *Estimate Value $20,000 - UP* Ex Steve Fischer, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 8/19/1995:135-unsold-Don Valenziano 10/1995-Jim Neiswinter Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $16,800
Lot 6		1793 S-4 R3+ Chain AMERICA with Periods PCGS graded F15. Glossy chocolate brown and steel. The surfaces are smooth, void of any trace of corrosion or verdigris. Just a few light contact marks including a fine pin scratch in the field right of the date and very tiny rim bruises at UN in UNITED and ES in STATES. EDS, Breen state I, with only a slight bulge between the rim and lower hair and no trace of a die crack in that area. The date and legends are complete and clear and the Periods following the date and LIBERTY are bold. A very nice mid-grade example of this popular "Redbook" variety. And this is the rarest die state for the variety; most show die cracks off the lowest curl. The S-4 was the last collectable variety of Chain Cent to be discovered. It was unknown to Dr. Shurtleff when he wrote "About Cents" in the March 1, 1859 edition of the Boston Evening Transcript. The first auction appearance of the variety appears to be lot 1019 of W. Elliot Woodward's 5th sale in April 1863 where it was described as "Period after Liberty and date. This variety is extremely rare." When Sylvester Crosby wrote the die variety descriptions for The United States Cents of 1793 in the April 1869 issue of the American Journal of Numismatics he just followed Shurtleff's emission sequence and placed this variety after the S-3 (as did every other chronicler of 1793 cents from Ebenezer Locke Mason, Jr. in 1858 to Walter Breen in 2000). However, more current analysis by Jim Neiswinter suggests this variety was struck before the S-3. Only the latest die state of the S-4 reverse shows the bulge that connects the bottoms of the letters in UNIT, and this bulge is more developed on the reverse of S-3. Our grade is F12. The attribution and Neiswinter provenance are noted on the PCGS label. Weight 200.3 grains. PCGS population 1; 8 finer for the variety. *Estimate Value $17,500 - UP* Ex Don Valenziano 4/1996-Jim Neiswinter Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $18,000
Lot 7		1793 S-5 R4 Wreath Cent with Large LIBERTY PCGS graded XF45, CAC Approved. Choice glossy steel brown and chocolate with frosty lighter brown and tan in protected areas. A very attractive Wreath Cent. The only marks, and they are not distracting, are a small rim bruise under the 17, a faint diagonal planchet lamination line in the field before the neck (as struck), and another lamination line that slants through the wreath ribbon just above the fraction (also as minted). Nicely struck EDS, Breen state I, before any crumbling at the border beads over LIBER. This is the only Wreath cent variety with the date and LIBERTY the same size as found on the Chain Cents. For this reason S-5 is considered to be the first Wreath Cent variety. The Vine & Bars edge device is the "b" version (see the description of the two Vine & Bars edge variants at Lot #1). Our grade is VF35. A beautiful early cent and it comes with a nice provenance. Mint records show there were 63,353 Wreath Cents struck (total for all 11 die varieties), and they were produced between April and July of 1793. Researchers have estimated that 4.6% of them have survived, a total of about 3000 pieces. Weight 208.5 grains. The attribution and Neiswinter provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; 4 finer for the variety at PCGS. *Estimate Value $25,000 - UP* Ex Burdette G. Johnson (St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.)-Mary Cruzan, Spink's (London) 6/3/1997:90 ($6630)-Jack Wadlington 5/2005-Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley-Chris McCawley 4/2011-Jim Neiswinter Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $26,400
Lot 8		1793 S-5 R4 Wreath Cent with Large LIBERTY PCGS Genuine Fine Details Environmental Damage. Slightly glossy dark steel and olive brown. Covered with very fine roughness on all but the highpoints, which are smooth. No verdigris, just a few marks. The notable marks are an old diagonal scratch through the leaf sprig over the date and a minor planchet fissure (as struck) through the second S in STATES. Slightly glossy dark steel and olive brown. The date and legends are complete and easily readable, although the bottoms of the 9 & 3 are starting to weaken. Very rare LDS, Breen state III, with a rim cud break connecting ER in LIBERTY to the rim above. The cud is clearly defined in spite of the low grade. There are only a few known in this latest die state. The finest is mint state and appeared as obverse 4 on Levick's plate. It is impounded in the ANS Collection. There is also a lump in the field behind the head (created by a chip out of the die), a feature not mentioned in Walter Breen's comprehensive reference on the cents of 1793-1814. A neat die state, and quite rare as such. Our grade is net G5. The attribution and Neiswinter provenance are noted on the PCGS label. Weight 204.5 grains. *Estimate Value $3,000 - UP* Ex Dan Trollan 5/2006-Jim Neiswinter Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,080
Lot 9		1793 S-6 R3 Wreath Cent, Vine & Bars Edge PCGS Genuine VG Details Cleaned. Mostly glossy medium chocolate brown and steel with darker olive brown toning in protected areas. Extremely fine roughness covers the fields and protected areas while the devices are smooth. No verdigris and the only notable mark is a small, thin nick at the border beads right of the D in UNITED. Mostly glossy medium chocolate brown and steel with darker olive brown toning in protected areas. The toning looks original and there is no evidence of cleaning as mentioned on the PCGS label. The date and legends are complete and easily readable but not especially strong. EDS, Breen state I, with a subtle bulge in the field behind the head. Our graded is G6 sharpness net G5 for the microscopic roughness. This cent has nice eye appeal for the grade. Weight 203.3 grains. The attribution and Neiswinter provenance are noted on the PCGS label. *Estimate Value $2,000 - UP* Ex Stack's 6/2012:2064-Pierre Fricke 10/2012-Jim Neiswinter Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,980
Lot 10		1793 S-6 R3 Wreath Cent, Vine & Bars Edge PCGS graded VF30, CAC Approved. Smooth glossy light to medium brown with darker steel brown and chocolate toning on the highpoints of the devices. A very attractive Wreath Cent. The only marks are some light rim bruises, mostly behind the portrait. Otherwise this cent is quite choice. LDS with an obvious bulge behind the hair that continues through the hair and into the jaw plus a horizontal die crack from just below the lower lip to the right rim where it fades away. In addition there is another less obvious die crack in the hair below the bulge. It is easy to see why Edouard Frossard called it the "Sprung Die" variety in his 1879 Monograph of United States Cents and Half Cents, and Sylvester Crosby followed his lead and called it "the warped or sprung die." Nearly every known example displays some degree of bulge in the field behind Ms Liberty, and the die variety can usually be determined based on this feature alone. (Note: After long-term use a die may sink beginning in the center thereby causing a very slight bulge in the center of struck cents. This happened very early to the obverse of this variety, and almost all examples have some degree of bulging starting from the beads behind the hair into the hair left of the jawline. As more cents were struck the bulge became more pronounced and extended through the hair to the jaw. This caused more wear on the hair in the center of the coin than on the hair above and below the bulge, and this complicates grading the variety. In the latest states a die crack extends from below the lips to the right border beads.) Our grade is VF25+, close to the PCGS grade of VF30. The attribution and Neiswinter provenance are noted on the PCGS label. Weight 213.5 grains. PCGS population 1; 6 finer for the variety. *Estimate Value $17,500 - UP* Ex Chris McCawley 4/1996-Jim Neiswinter Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $15,000
Lot 11		1793 S-6 R3 Wreath Cent, Vine & Bars Edge PCGS graded XF45, CAC Approved. Very attractive glossy medium chocolate brown and steel with lots of frosty tan and lighter brown toning in protected areas on both sides. The surfaces are smooth and this cent offers great eye appeal that might suggest a higher grade. The only marks are two short, light hairline scratches near the rim before the eye and a dull pinprick close under the bust. MDS, Breen IV, with an obvious bulge in the field left of the jaw into the hair where it fades away. This cent was struck twice. Both strikes were reasonably well centered on the planchet, and the second was rotated about 10 degrees relative to the initial impression (CCW on the obverse, CW on the reverse). Obvious evidence of the first strike shows on both sides, especially on LIBERTY, Liberty's neck, and at the bottom of the reverse where both fractions are visible. In addition the planchet has a plain edge, apparently having missed its turn through the machine that added the Vine & Bars edge device prior to striking. The weight (206.9 grains) and diameter (26.8mm) are both normal and there is no evidence of tampering that might suggest the edge device was removed. A remarkable double error in a very attractive package. This cent is plated on page 52 of Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Large Cents 1793-1814, and it is listed as AU55 in that census (it is difficult to grade a double struck cent because the details are distorted). An important cent that comes with a great provenance. (Note: This is one of the very few mint errors known on the cents of 1793. It appears that the quality control at the mint was superior that first year compared to succeeding years. This cent was item #15 of the 24 that Carl Wurtzbach sold to Virgil Brand on May 25, 1919, and the Double Strike feature was noted on Wurtzbach's inventory prepared for that transaction (see the facing page). It was graded very fine and was sold to Virgil Brand for $200. After Brand died in 1926 his huge collection was split between his two brothers, Armin and Horace. Armin got this coin and he had B. G. Johnson of St. Louis Stamp & Coin Company sell his part of his brother's collection starting in 1936.) Graded EF40 and tied for CC#8 for the die variety in the Noyes census, his photo #36320. Our grade is EF40 as well. A great coin that comes with a great history. Weight 208.4 grains. The attribution, Double Strike and Plain Edge Mint Errors, and the Neiswinter provenance are all noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 2; 4 finer for the variety at PCGS, 2 in 50, 1 in 53, 1 in 55. *Estimate Value $30,000 - UP* Ex Carl Wurtzbach Collection 5/25/1919 (item #15 on the facing inventory list prepared by Burdette Johnson)-Virgil Brand 1934-Armin Brand-Brand Estate 2/7/1941-on consignment to Burdette G. Johnson (St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.)-unknown-1961 ANA Sale (James Kelly), 8/1961:1400-unknown-Bowers & Merena 3/1998:98-Michael Arconti, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 7/27/2003:3-Andy Lustig-David McCarthy-Adam Mervis Collection, Heritage 1/10/2014:2408 (where housed in an NGC slab graded XF45 with Star designation)-Jim Neiswinter Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Unsold
Lot 12		1793 S-7 R6- Wreath Cent, Vine & Bars Edge PCGS Genuine VF Details Environmental Damage. Sharpness VF25 with microscopic porosity on the obverse confined mostly to the fields on the upper half of the planchet and in the hair under LIB. The reverse fields are covered with a uniform very fine granularity. No verdigris. The marks are minor and include a few tiny planchet voids at the top of the obverse, a light rim bruise under the right side of the fraction, and a small rim nick at F in OF. Somewhat glossy medium brown and light olive with a small spot of reddish brown toning at the top of O in ONE. The eye appeal is better than the description might imply. EDS, Breen state I, with the famous "Double Dot" over the I in LIBERTY and only a hint of swelling at 179. Breen decided the extra dot became filled very early and only shows on the earliest examples struck (see page 53 in his large cent encyclopedia for his analysis). I suspect the extra dot may have been an engraving error that was quickly discovered and the die neatly repaired by filling the dot punch mark without additional repair work to the die. The removal of the dot is just too perfect to support the accidental clog theory, and nothing else was affected. Clogs usually aren't that perfect, and a random clog targeting only an engraver's error defies logic. Regardless, the extra dot is very strong, fully as bold as the border beads above, which it matches perfectly. Too much perfection to be random. Hopefully we will discover another "Double Dot" example some day, but the rarity of the variety works against us. Called net F12 and tied for CC#6 in the Bland census. Noyes says net VG10 and tied for CC#5, his photo #25539. Our grade is VF25 sharpness net F12. This rare variety is unique with the double dot; no other examples are known or reported in any grade. The "Double Dot" version was first reported by Dr. Charles Ruby, and it was his favorite cent in a remarkable collection. Dan Holmes, builder of the most complete collection of large cents ever assembled, had a similar affection for this cent, and it was one of his most expensive coin purchases at the time he acquired it in 1990. This is a special opportunity for the serious collector of 1793 Large Cents. Weight 205.3 grains. The attribution and Neiswinter provenance are noted on the PCGS label. *Estimate Value $35,000 - UP* Ex Christian M. Petersen (a major large cent collector of the 1940's and 50's who obtained it from an unknown source prior to 1950 and graded it VF20)-Hollinbeck Coin Co. Mail Bid Sale #174, 2/1954:389 (No mention of the extra border bead was made in the catalog. The lot description read as follows: 1793 S-7, WREATH Crosby 8-F very fine with extremely fine reverse. PROBABLY THE FOURTH CHOICEST SPECIMEN OF THE 8 KNOWN, SOME OF WHICH ARE OFF THE MARKET IN MUSEUMS, ETC. Valued by the owner at $750.00").-Dr. Charles L. Ruby (who noticed the extra bead and owned it for 18 years before selling his collection intact 12/1972 to Superior Galleries-Superior Stamp & Coin 2/11/1974:323-Gus Portman, Superior 2/1976:338-Superior (privately)-Regal Coin Exchange-Jack H. Beymer 9/24/1990-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/6/2009:11-Jim Neiswinter Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $33,600
Lot 13		1793 S-7 R6- Wreath Cent, Vine & Bars Edge PCGS Genuine VF Details Tooled. Recolored glossy light olive and steel brown. Sharpness Very Fine to Extremely Fine but microscopic roughness covers all but the highpoints of the devices, which are smooth. There are tiny pits scattered over the right side of the obverse, and both sides have been lightly smoothed to minimize the roughness. No verdigris. The best identifying mark is a small planchet chip off the end of the ribbon left of the fraction. MDS, Breen state III, with an obvious bulge through the 179 but no die cracks. (Only 2 examples are known in the late die state with a crack through the R in LIBERTY to the forelock.) This was the last collectable die variety of 1793 to be discovered. Sylvester Crosby discovered two low-grade examples in a group of 75 well-worn 1793 cents sent to him from an unrecorded source in Philadelphia in 1878. His discovery came just in time to be noted on page 36 in Edouard Frossard's 1879 Monograph of United States Cents & Half Cents. Graded VF25 sharpness net F15 and tied for CC#3 by Del Bland. Bill Noyes says VF25 sharpness net VG10 and tied for CC#5, his photo #28613. Dr. Sheldon graded this piece VF30 in Early American Cents and he listed it at VF20 and tied for third finest in Penny Whimsy. Our grade is VF30 sharpness net F15. Regardless of the "correct" grade, this is an important example of a very rare variety. The S-7 is tied with the S-12 for being the third rarest collectable variety of the year (behind the S-15 and S-16) with about 30 known. And this piece comes with a very impressive provenance. The attribution and Neiswinter provenance are noted on the PCGS label. Weight 212.1 grains. *Estimate Value $27,500 - UP* Ex David Proskey-Henry C. Hines-Carl Wurtzbach 1945-Dr. William H. Sheldon-Dorothy I. Paschal (via Ray Chatham)-Robinson S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/1986:8-Herman Halpern, Stack's 3/16/1988:8-Jim Neiswinter Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $17,400
Lot 14		1793 S-8 R3- Wreath Cent, Vine & Bars Edge PCGS graded AU50. Glossy medium chocolate brown with lots of frosty lighter olive and steel brown toning in the protected areas. The surfaces are smooth and attractive but there are a few minor marks. The notable marks are a small planchet void on the rim over the L in LIBERTY (as struck but it catches your eye), a small diagonal line under the eye, and a half dozen light rim bruises on the reverse, the strongest of these at ST in STATES. MDS, Breen state II, with a fine diagonal die crack passing NW to SE through the center dot on the reverse and a slight bulge along the crack. A radial die crack or flowline closes the 3 and another radial crack extends from the tip of the bust to the rim. Die clashmarks show in the field before the throat and neck. These cracks and clashmarks are not present on the S-9 obverse thus proving the S-8 variety was struck following the S-9. Our grade is VF35 sharpness net VF30+. This obverse die was used to strike the S-8, S-9, and NC-4 Wreath Cent varieties (emission sequence NC-4, S-9, S-8), and it is the only one where the stem of the sprig is parallel to the top of the date. The stem of the sprig points downward on all the other Wreath Cent varieties. The Vine & Bars edge device is version (a), same as on all the Chain Cents. A very nice Wreath Cent in spite of the minor marks. Weight 211.6 grains. The attribution and Neiswinter provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 4; 7 finer for the variety at PCGS. *Estimate Value $12,500 - UP* Ex Darwin B. Palmer 2/1990-Jim Neiswinter Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $15,000
Lot 15		1793 S-8 R3- Wreath Cent, Vine & Bars Edge PCGS Genuine Good Details Planchet Flaw. Rather glossy steel brown and chocolate. The devices are smooth but fine roughness covers the fields and protected areas on both sides. No verdigris. Later die state with an obvious diagonal bulge through the center dot on the reverse. The 17 of the date is faint but the 93 is relatively clear, and the legends are nearly complete although some elements are weak. Struck on a flawed planchet that has a diagonal fissure across the obverse and a shallow delamination affecting the sprig and right half of the date (as struck). The Vine & Bars edge device is version (a), as always on S-8, S-9, and all Chain Cent die varieties. Our grade is AG3+. The attribution and Neiswinter provenance are noted on the PCGS label. Weight 186.8 grains. *Estimate Value $1,750 - UP* Ex Dan Trollan 4/2016-Jim Neiswinter Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $1,200
Lot 16		1793 S-9 R2 Wreath Cent, Vine & Bars Edge PCGS graded VF35. Glossy medium brown and light chocolate with a spot of reddish brown at the right foot of the 1 in the date and three more spots at TED in UNITED. The reddish spots contain fine roughness but the remainder of the planchet is perfectly smooth. The only other mark of any significance is a small rim bruise right of the bust tip. E-MDS, Breen state II, with a fine die crack through CA to the right wreath stem. The date and legends are all bold. Sharply struck and attractive in spite of the few spots. This obverse die saw the most usage of any of die of 1793 producing three die varieties (S-8, S-9, and NC-4). Our grade is VF20. The attribution and Neiswinter provenance are noted on the PCGS label. Weight 201.9 grains. PCGS population 4; 10 finer for the variety. *Estimate Value $8,000 - UP* Ex Kagin's Auction 8/1987:3728-Jim McGuigan 9/1987-Jim Neiswinter Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $11,400
Lot 17		1793 S-9 R2 Wreath Cent, Vine & Bars Edge PCGS graded VG8. Slightly glossy dark steel and reddish chocolate brown. The planchet is reasonably smooth but a glass reveals some extremely fine granularity in protected areas on the reverse. No verdigris, and the only notable marks are two dull nicks on the rim right of the date and a small diagonal scratch in the lower hair strands. Terminal die state, Breen state IX, with severe die failure on the lower right part of the reverse. The cracks and swelling obliterate portions of the wreath while weakening the bow and ERICA. Walter Breen assigned nine die states to this variety, the most of any 1793 cent. The terminal state is the rarest die state of the variety, which is the most common variety among all the cents of 1793. This must have been one of the last cents struck using this badly failed reverse die. The obverse die, which was still quite serviceable, was retained and mated with another reverse die to strike the S-8 variety. Crosby and Sheldon placed S-8 before S-9 in the emission sequence, which was incorrect. Comes with version (a) of the Vine & Bars edge device. Our grade is G6. The attribution and Neiswinter provenance are noted on the PCGS label. Weight 205.2 grains. PCGS population 3; 18 finer for the variety at PCGS. *Estimate Value $2,750 - UP* Ex Wayne Phillips-Douglas F. Bird 10/2014-Jim Neiswinter Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,240
Lot 18		1793 NC-4 R7+ Wreath Cent, Vine & Bars Edge PCGS Genuine Fine Details Scratch. Somewhat glossy dark olive brown and steel with slightly lighter steel brown toning on the highpoints. The sharpness is near Fine where the devices were properly struck up, but the planchet is covered with fine to moderate roughness. No verdigris but there are a few old contact marks. The notable ones are a half dozen pin scratches in the field before the portrait and a dull punch between the C & E in CENT. The date is relatively weak but it is readable and the legends are complete and easily readable in spite of weakness in a few areas. The rim cud over UNITE is clearly defined. Not perfect but only 5 examples are known and all are in low grade, the two best pieces being corroded net VG coins. The first example was discovered in 1897 and the fourth came to light in the 1950's. This fifth example was discovered unattributed by Chris Young in 2000 and no additional pieces have been reported since then. The variety is a mating of the obverse of S-8 & 9, probably earlier, with the reverse of S-10 later. It has version (b) of the Vine & Bars edge device. Graded VG10 sharpness net G4 and CC#5 of 5 known in the Noyes census, his photo #40007. Our grade is VG10 sharpness net G4. Two of the five known examples are impounded in museums so the pool of available pieces is quite shallow. (See the facing page for more historical information relating to the NC-4 variety.) Weight 179.0 grains. The attribution and Neiswinter provenance are noted on the PCGS label. *Estimate Value $10,000 - UP* Ex Chris Young, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/18/2001:2114-Chris Young-Roy Sturgeon-Bowers & Merena 1/2002:26-Jim Neiswinter Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $7,200
Lot 19		1793 S-10 R4 Wreath Cent, Vine & Bars Edge PCGS graded VF25. Attractive glossy medium steel brown and light chocolate. The planchet looks perfectly smooth but a strong glass reveals uniform extremely faint granularity in the fields on the reverse. No verdigris but there are a few contact marks. The notable ones are a small rim bruise right of the Y in LIBERTY and a lighter one off the bust tip plus a dull nick on the forehead. EDS, Breen state I, with a short, narrow rim cud break over NIT in UNITED. The die flaw at the rim opposite the mouth is minor and the border beads in that area are well defined. The Vine & Bars edge device is version (b). Graded VF20 sharpness net F15 by Del Bland. In 1990 is was accompanied by an ANACS color photo grading certificate (certificate #WKV-054, since discarded) where graded VF30/30. Our grade is F15+. The attribution and Neiswinter provenance are noted on the PCGS label. Weight 205.3 grains. PCGS population 2; 9 finer for the variety at PCGS. *Estimate Value $10,000 - UP* Ex Dorothy I. Paschal-Del Bland 3/1978-Carl Windon 3/1988-Del Bland-Jack H. Beymer-unknown-Mid-American Rare Coin Auctions 1/5/1990:43-Stuart MacDonald, Heritage 9/11/1997:5050-Jim Neiswinter Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $8,400
Lot 20		1793 S-10 R4 Wreath Cent, Vine & Bars Edge PCGS graded F15. Medium steel brown and chocolate with lighter brown toning on the obverse highpoints. The highpoints are smooth but the fields and protected areas are covered with uniform extremely faint granularity. No verdigris and only a few small marks. The notable ones are a pair of ticks on the forehead, a very shallow pit in the field near the dentil beads before the nose, and a small lamination between the N & I in UNITED (as struck). Later die state, Breen II early. Most of the border beads right of the mouth are distorted into a rather straight line nearly 6mm long, and that area has sunken. The rim cud over UNITE is more pronounced touching 7 border beads and extending from the right side of the U to the center of the E. This more common late state is called the "Injured Rim" due to the rim flaw opposite the mouth, and this feature can be used to instantly identify the variety. In addition there is a less obvious die crack curving from the point of the bust to the rim. The date and legends are complete and clear. Has version (b) of the Vine & Bars edge device. Our grade is VG10. The attribution and Neiswinter provenance are noted on the PCGS label. Weight 179.6 grains. PCGS population 1; 11 finer for the variety. *Estimate Value $6,000 - UP* Ex Chris McCawley 5/2006-Jim Neiswinter Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,560
Lot 21		1793 S-10 R4 Wreath Cent, Vine & Bars Edge PCGS graded F12 Off-Center Error. Glossy medium brown and chocolate. The surfaces are decent and the eye appeal is nice for the grade, but a glass reveals uniform microscopic roughness covering both sides. Struck 10% off center to K-2 leaving portions of the legend off the planchet but the date remains complete and strong. A strong indent created by the short post that held the collar in place on the press is located on the unstruck portion of the planchet left of the date. The planchet just happened to be positioned off center in the direction of this post. The upper end of the post was slightly above the level of the coining chamber and the force of the strike created a deep, well defined impression of the post on the unstruck part of the planchet. The indent occurred on the obverse because the reverse was the hammer die, and the hammer die drove the off-center planchet into the post and obverse die during the strike. (A nearly-identical mint error on a 1793 half cent was in the famous Missouri Cabinet Collection and was sold as lot #2 in the companion "Davy Sale" we conducted on 9/19/2010.) Mint errors on 1793 cents, regardless of type, are extremely rare. And to the best of our knowledge this is the only one known with a collar post indent. According to Walter Breen in his large cent encyclopedia this is one of only 3 or 4 off-center 1793 cents that were known to him. Our grade is VG10. EDS, Breen state I (as best we can tell). The Vine & Bars edge device is version (b). Weight 202.5 grains. The attribution, 10% Off-Center Error, and Neiswinter provenance are noted on the PCGS label. *Estimate Value $8,500 - UP* Ex Gary Young-Milton Cohen-Natalie Halpern-NASCA Auction 2/1983:496-unknown-Heritage 2004 ANA Sale, lot 8273-Chris McCawley 1/2005-Jim Neiswinter Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $5,640
Lot 22		1793 S-11a R4+ Wreath Cent, Vine & Bars Edge PCGS Genuine VF Details Environmental Damage. Sharpness VF30 but covered with very fine granularity on all but the highpoints, which are smooth. No verdigris but there are a few old contact marks. The notable ones are a small rim bruise over the R in LIBERTY and a dull scratch from just left of the eye down to the bottom of the neck close to the hair. Dark steel and olive brown. Sharply struck EDS, Breen state I, before any die clashmarks. The date and devices are all clearly defined and the eye appeal is decent in spite of the imperfect surfaces. Our grade is net F15. The S-11 is considered to be the final variety of the Wreath Cent because the edge device was changed from the Vine & Bars design to ONE HUNDRED FOR A DOLLAR followed by one or two leaves while using this die combination. All the following varieties of 1793, 1794, and some of the 1795 cents used a similar lettered edge device. This was the first 1793 cent owned by Jim Neiswinter, and it became the seed for a great collection that began at the 1983 EAC Convention. Has version (b) of the Vine & Bars edge device. Weight 210.6 grains. The attribution and Neiswinter provenance are noted on the PCGS label. *Estimate Value $6,000 - UP* Ex NASCA Auction 4/1981:2503-Bert Cohen 5/1983-Jim Neiswinter Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,800
Lot 23		1793 S-11a R4+ Wreath Cent, Vine & Bars Edge PCGS Genuine VF Details Damage. Sharpness VF in the areas where the designs were properly struck up, but the planchet is covered with moderate granularity and there are a half dozen small, dull punch marks on the obverse. No verdigris. Slightly glossy dark steel and olive brown with lighter chocolate brown toning on the highpoints of the devices. EDS, Breen state I, without any die clashmarks. Struck at least 10% off center to K-1 leaving portions of the legends off the planchet, including nearly all of LIBERTY and many of the elements at the bottom of the reverse. The date is complete and easily readable. An extremely rare type of mint error for a 1793 cent. Walter Breen said he was aware of 3 or 4 off-center examples of the year, but it is reasonable to assume there were additional off-center pieces unknown to him. Struck on a planchet with version (b) of the Vine & Bars edge device. Our grade is net G5. The attribution, 10% Off-Center Error, and Neiswinter provenance are noted on the PCGS label. Weight 193.0 grains. *Estimate Value $6,000 - UP* Ex Bowers & Merena 3/2007:1115-Chris McCawley 4/2007-Jim Neiswinter Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $4,080
Lot 24		1793 S-11b R4 Wreath Cent with Lettered Edge PCGS graded XF45, CAC Approved. Lettered edge variety with two leaves following DOLLAR. Choice glossy medium brown and light chocolate. Smooth and very attractive, a beautiful Wreath Cent. The only notable mark is a nick or small dig nestled against the right edge of the upright of the L in LIBERTY. MDS, Breen state III, with die clashmarks on the obverse including a faint one from the final A in AMERICA under the T in LIBERTY. The border beads around the obverse are sharp and complete. The reverse is slightly misaligned to the top leaving some of those border beads off the planchet. The lettered edge and two leaves following DOLLAR are all bold. Graded VF30 and tied for CC#6 in the Bland/Breen census. Our grade is VF30 as well. Weight 210.0 grains. The attribution and Neiswinter provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; 4 finer for the variety at PCGS, 2 in 53, 1 in 55+, 1 in 62. *Estimate Value $22,000 - UP* Ex Charles J. DuPont, Anderson DuPont Sale, Stack's 9/24/1954:16-"V. A. L."-Stack's 2/1980:727-unknown-Heritage 1999 ANA Sale, 8/1999:5099 (as XF45)-Jim Neiswinter Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $28,800
Lot 25		1793 S-11c R3- Wreath Cent with Lettered Edge PCGS Genuine VF Details Cleaned. Lettered edge variety with a single leaf following DOLLAR. Sharpness VF but covered with microscopic roughness under slightly glossy olive brown and reddish steel toning. No verdigris and only a couple minor marks. The notable ones are a small planchet chip on the rim at the L in LIBERTY (as struck), a small nick on the rim under the 1 in the date, a few faint scratches at the 93, and a dull rim nick at the T in UNITED. The chocolate brown and steel toning looks original, so perhaps the PCGS folks meant to say Environmental Damage, not Cleaned. MDS, Breen state III, with obvious die clashmarks on the obverse including an incuse RICA from AMERICA in the field before the face. Apparently the dies came together with great force without a planchet in position for striking thus damaging the dies. A number of cents were struck from the strongly clashed dies before they were removed and lapped to minimize the clashmarks. Higher grade examples of this die state show almost all the letters of the incuse (and retrograde) AMERICA in the field before the portrait with the sharpness of those letters descending from the last A (wedged between the forehead and T in LIBERTY) to the first A (in the field before the neck), which is never clearly visible. The date and legends are complete and clear. Our grade is net F12. Weight 199.1 grains. The attribution and Neiswinter provenance are noted on the PCGS label. *Estimate Value $5,000 - UP* Ex The Palos Verdes Collection, Heritage 1/4/2017:3108-Jim Neiswinter Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $3,600
Lot 26		1793 S-11c R3- Wreath Cent with Lettered Edge PCGS graded VF35. Lettered edge variety with a single leaf following DOLLAR. Glossy mix of medium brown and chocolate. The details are sharp and the surfaces are smooth, but there are several light rim bumps on both sides and a couple of those at the top of the reverse have been smoothed. The only notable mark inside the border beads is a dull scuff on the chin. LDS, Breen state IV, with fine but clearly defined die clashmarks on the obverse including faint remnants of the incuse A below the T in LIBERTY. Struck with the reverse misaligned slightly to the top causing some border beads to be blended into the rim. The date and legends are complete and strong. Our grade is VF25 sharpness net F15. Weight 216.0 grains. The attribution and Neiswinter provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; 11 finer for the variety at PCGS. *Estimate Value $5,500 - UP* Ex Mark Woods (eBay) 1/2002-Jim Neiswinter Collection. View details and enlarged photos	Realized $10,200