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1792 CENT Washington Getz President Pattern Cent, Plain Edge, XF45 NGC. Baker-25, Breen-1352, Pollock-5020, W-10775, R.5. ...
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1792 Washington President Cent, XF45
The Getz Pattern, Baker-25
1792 CENT Washington Getz President Pattern Cent, Plain Edge,
XF45 NGC. Baker-25, Breen-1352, Pollock-5020, W-10775, R.5.
257.7 grains, 33.2 mm. Just over 50 of these survive in copper from
an unknown production that some numismatists estimate at 100
pieces. Peter Getz of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, just 23 years old at
the time, "is said to have aspired to the position of Mint
engraver" according to George Fuld in The Washington Pattern
Coinage of Peter Getz. His design closely followed the language
of a coinage bill that Robert Morris introduced to Congress on
December 21, 1791. Meanwhile, Getz became a successful goldsmith
and jeweler who operated a business on Queen Street, "opposite Mr.
Slough's tavern" according to a contemporary advertisement. He died
at the age of 36 in 1804.This lovely example has a slight high-point wear with lovely olive and steel-brown surfaces. The obverse has a minor rim bruise over the D of PRESIDENT and the reverse has a minuscule rim nick over the first A in AMERICA and left of the eagle's tail. The surfaces are outstanding for the grade.
From The Palos Verdes Collection, Part I.
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Auction Info
2016 August 10 - 14 ANA US Coins Signature Auction - Anaheim #1238 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
August, 2016
10th-14th
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