Auction Name: 2026 January 8 US Coins Signature Auction - FUN Special Sessions: Ellsworth & Jacobson

Lot Number: 2004

Shortcut to Lot: HA.com/1389*2004

1793 1C S-4 R3 Chain AMERICA with Periods, XF45 PCGS. Glossy chocolate and mahogany brown. Mostly smooth but there are small planchet chips on the obverse, mostly at the front of the neck and under the truncation. No corrosion or verdigris, only trivial contact marks. The notable marks are a thin nick under the 7, a relatively fresh nick in the field above the front end of the truncation, a barely visible rim bruise at IB in LIBERTY, and a dull rim nick left of the U in UNITED. MDS, Breen state II, with die cracks off the lowest curls but before the small cud break between those cracks. Graded EF40 net VF30 and tied for CC#13 in the Noyes census, his photo #39664. This cataloger's EAC grade is net VF35. The attribution and COL Ellsworth Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS Gold Shield label (35444.45/44238817).
Ex Denis W. Loring 1/8/2000-Thomas D. Reynolds-Harry Laibstain-COL Steven K. Ellsworth, Heritage Auctions 4/30/2009:2027 ($57,500)-Heritage Auctions 10/18/2012:3090 ($76,375)-COL Steven K. Ellsworth.

The Heritage Central States Numismatic Society (CSNS) U.S. Coin Auction #1124, held April 29-May 3, 2009, in Cincinnati, was a massive event featuring consignments from more than 400 collectors and estates. Among the anchor consignments were the American Princess Collection of $3 Gold, the Belle Collection of Carson City Coinage (Part Two), the Burning Tree Collection (Part Two), the Grundy Collection (Part Two) of world crowns, the Martin Estate Collection, the Oro Valley Collection of ingots and twenties, and selections from the Lemus/Queller Family Collection of Patterns. Additional specialty consignments included the Scottsville Collection of proof Bust Coinage, the Joseph C. Thomas Collection, the Twin Leaf Collection of 1853-dated coins, and the Van Treuren Collection of patterns. Together, these groups represented an extraordinary breadth of material, ranging from early federal copper and silver to gold, patterns, and territorial issues, with Platinum Night highlighting the rarest offerings.
For early copper collectors, the sale offered strong representation in both half cents and large cents, with numerous condition census and rare die varieties cataloged in detail. The half cent section ranged from 1793 Liberty Caps through later proof-only issues, including a PCGS MS62 Red and Brown 1800 half cent from the Burning Tree Collection, notable for its originality and rarity in high grade. Large cents included early date Sheldon varieties from 1793 onward, middle dates highlighted by proof and finest-known Newcomb varieties, and late dates with scarce die marriages and choice condition examples. By blending landmark gold and pattern consignments with specialized copper rarities, the 2009 CSNS sale reinforced Heritage's position as the market leader in breadth and scholarship, while offering copper specialists a chance at pedigreed and high-quality pieces that rarely reached the marketplace.

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