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1814 S-295 R1 Plain 4 AU58 PCGS. ...
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1814 PLAIN 4 CENT, AU58
FROSTY EARLY STATE S-295
1814 S-295 R1 Plain 4 AU58 PCGS. Frosty chocolate brown and
steel with generous traces of faded mint red showing on both sides,
especially on the reverse. Satiny mint luster covers the fields and
protected areas and this cent has excellent eye appeal. Looks mint
state but there is a trace of friction on the highest points of the
devices. No roughness and just a few microscopic marks including a
tiny tick in the center of the cheek. Sharply struck EDS, Breen
state II, with fine die clashmarks but no cracks. Graded MS60 net
AU50 and tied for CC#18 in the Noyes census, his photo #37721. This
cataloger's EAC grade is AU55. The attribution and Husak Collection
provenance are noted on the PCGS Gold Shield label. PCGS population
1; 15 finer ranging from 62 to 67. 36517.58/40135463.Source not recorded-Walter J. Husak Collection.
Following the death of his father, James Rush was commissioned to the post of Mint Treasurer on April 27, 1813, serving until 1830. Rush was born in Philadelphia on March 15, 1786, and died on May 26, 1869. He was the seventh of 13 children born to Benjamin and Julia (Stockton) Rush. He was educated at Princeton University and at Edinburgh, receiving his MD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1809. He was married to Phoebe Anne Ridgway (1799-1857) in 1819. She was the daughter of Jacob (or James) Ridgway, a wealthy Philadelphia merchant. Rush was the author of The Philosophy of the Human Voice, first published circa 1827. Rush left his estate to form the Ridgway Branch of the Library Company of Philadelphia
From The Collections of Walter J. Husak and The Liberty Cap Foundation.
Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 224Y, Variety PCGS# 36517, Base PCGS# 1576, Greysheet# 80084)
Weight: 13.48 grams
Metal: 100% Copper
Auction Info
2024 January 4 The Collection of Walter J. Husak and the Liberty Cap Foundation US Coins Signature® Auction - Orlando FUN #1370 (go to Auction Home page)
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