Heritage to Auction Rasmussen Large Cents On January 13 at FUN in Fort Lauderdale

Dallas, Texas: The magnificent Wes Rasmussen Large Cent Collection, formed by a former President of the Early American Coppers society, will be sold on Thursday evening, January 13, 2005 at 7:00 P.M. at the FUN show in Fort Lauderdale. Heritage is the official auctioneer of the Florida United Numismatists organization. This will be FUN's 50th anniversary convention.

Mr. Rasmussen's incredible collection of 784 Large Cents is essentially complete by Sheldon or Newcomb numbered varieties from 1793 to 1843. A few Sheldon "NCs" are also included. The coins are of superlative quality and rarity, and many are Condition Census. The Rasmussen coins also feature impressive pedigrees, many from the famous early American copper collections of Robinson S. Brown Jr., R.E. Naftzger Jr., and Dr. William H. Sheldon; many have also appeared as plate coins in various large cent references.

"Wes Rasmussen is a talented and knowledgeable numismatist and scholar," said Heritage President Greg Rohan, "and we all are inspired by his long time dedication to numismatics and his many contributions to the EAC."

Lead cataloger for the Rasmussen Collection will be Mark Borckardt, Heritage's Senior Cataloger. He received the Early American Coppers Literary Award, as well as the Numismatic Literary Guild's "Book of the Year Award," for Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents, 1793-1814, which Borckardt edited, and which was published in 2000. He was an early member of the Early American Coppers, joining that organization in 1973.

For further information about this auction, or about consigning to future Heritage auctions, please contact the Consignor Hotline at 1-800-872-6467, ext. 222. Heritage is located at 3500 Maple Ave, Dallas, Texas, 75219.

Highlights of The Wes Rasmussen Collection include:

• 1793 1C Liberty Cap VF20 PCGS. Net Fine 12 EAC. S-13, High R.3.
• 1793 1C Liberty Cap VG 8 EAC. S-15, Low R.7. C.C. #3. Ex: Kuntz; Frankenfeld
• 1793 1C Liberty Cap VG 8 EAC. S-16, R.6. C.C. #4 (tied). Ex: Brand, Hines, Sheldon, Robbins, Bush, Kuntz
• 1794 1C Head of 1793 VF25 NGC. Fine 12 EAC. S-18a, R.6. Ex: Colvin, French, NN/Seaby
• 1794 1C Head of 1794 Good 6 EAC. S-33, R.6. Ex: Van Cleave
• 1794 1C Head of 1794 VF30 NGC. Fine 15 EAC. S-37, R.6.
• 1794 1C Head of 1794 AU50 EAC. S-63, R.3. Ex: Mayflower, Kissner, Halpern
• 1799/8 1C Fine 12 EAC. NC-1, High R.7, Finest Known. Ex: Gaskill, Mehl, Sheldon, Brown
• 1800/1798 1C MS65 Red and Brown NGC. MS64 EAC S-190, R.3., C.C. #2
• 1800/79 1C MS63 Brown NGC and EAC. S-193, R.4, Finest Known. Ex: New Netherlands, Sheldon
• 1801 1C 3 Errors MS63 Brown NGC and EAC. S-219, R.2., Finest Known. Ex: Sheldon, Naftzger
• 1801 1C 100/000 MS63 Brown NGC. MS60 EAC. S-221, R.2, High C.C.
• 1802 1C No Stems MS64 Brown NGC. MS63EAC. S-231, R.1.
• 1807 1C "Comet" Variety MS64 Brown ngc. MS63EAC. S-271, R.1, C.C. #3
• 1807/6 1C Small 7 VF25 EAC. S-272, High R.5, C.C. #4
• 1810/09 1C MS64 Brown NGC. MS63EAC. S-281, R.1, High C.C.
• 1811/0 1C MS61 Brown NGC. AU55 EAC. S-286, R.3, High C.C.
• 1817 1C 13 Stars AU58 NGC. AU50 EAC. N-12, R.3. Ex: Sheldon, New Netherlands 1950, Del Bland
• 1819 1C Small Date MS63 Brown NGC. AU53 EAC. N-5, High R.3, High C.C. Ex: New Netherlands 1957, Naftzger
• 1820 1C Small Date MS62 Brown NGC. AU55 EAC. N-6, R.5, C.C. #2. Ex: Dupont, Naftzger
• 1820 1C Small Date MS64 Brown NGC. MS60EAC. N-7, High R.2, Finest Known
• 1821 1C MS63 Brown NGC. MS60 EAC. N-2b, R.1, Ex: Chapman 6/27/14, Bobbe, Naftzger, Parsons Plate Coin
• 1822 1C Fine 12 EAC. N-14, Low R.8, Finest Known, The discovery coin. Ex: Robinson Brown
• 1823 1C MS61 Brown NGC. AU50 EAC. N-2b, R.2.
• 1827 1C AU58 NGC. XF45 EAC. N-10, High R.5, Tied for Finest Known. Ex: R.S. Carter, Greenwood, Brown
• 1834 1C PR63 Brown NGC. PR62 EAC. N-7. Ex: Mougey, Sleicher, Newcomb, Starr
• 1838 1C MS62 Brown NGC. AU55 EAC. N-15, High R.6, Finest Known, The discovery coin. Ex: Bashlow, Starr
• 1839 1C Booby Head XF45 EAC. N-15, High R.6. Ex: Helfenstein, Starr

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