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1792 Washington Getz Pattern Cent, Small Eagle, Copper, Ornamental Edge -- Environmental Damage -- PCGS Genuine. XF Details. B...
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1792 Washington Getz Cent, XF Details
Copper, Small Eagle, Ornamental Edge
Baker-25D, Only 11 Known
1792 Washington Getz Pattern Cent, Small Eagle, Copper,
Ornamental Edge -- Environmental Damage -- PCGS Genuine. XF
Details. Baker-25D, W-10785, GW-22, Low R.7. 160.4 grains. 35.2
mm. In 1792, Lancaster, Pennsylvania resident Peter Getz designed a
private pattern cent or half dollar with types copied from the 1791
Baker-16 Small Eagle cents. However, President Washington believed
that placing the sitting President on coinage was monarchial. The
Getz design was struck in both silver and copper, with two edge
types. More than 40 plain edge copper pieces are known, in two
different diameters, while only 11 are confirmed with an ornamental
(circles and squares) edge, similar to that seen on the
Spanish-American silver then in American circulation. Of those 11
examples, nearly half are held by museums. This is a well-defined
and unmarked specimen with evenly microgranular powder-blue and
stone-gray surfaces. Listed on page 39 of the 2026 Guide
Book.
Auction Info
2025 August 26 - 31 ANA US Coins Signature® Auction #1385 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
August, 2025
26th-31st
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