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1792 Washington President Perkins Pattern, First Legend Reverse, Copper, Lettered Edge, Baker-59A, Breen-1235, W-10695, GW-35 ...
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Description
1792 Washington President Mule, AU55
Very Rare Lettered Edge
The Finest Baker-59A, GW-35 (B)
1792 Washington President Perkins Pattern, First Legend Reverse,
Copper, Lettered Edge, Baker-59A, Breen-1235, W-10695, GW-35 (B),
High R.7, AU55 NGC. 176.2 grains, 30.7 mm. This mule combines
the obverse of the Eagle and Stars coins, GW-31, with the 10-line
inscribed reverse of the Washington Born Virginia coins. All of
these pieces are known to be the work of Newburyport,
Massachusetts, artist and mechanic, Jacob Perkins. Four of these
are known with a Lettered Edge, along with 15 to 20 Plain Edge
examples. This finest known example has rich chocolate-brown
surfaces with trivial marks of no consequence. The strike is
excellent, if a trifle weak at the central reverse as always for
the first legend reverse. The reverse weakness is opposite the
deepest recesses of the obverse die. An extremely important
opportunity for the Washington specialist to acquire the finest
known of just three pieces in private collections.Walter Breen enumerated four Lettered Edge pieces in his Complete Encyclopedia, and we have expanded slightly on his roster:
1. AU55 NGC. Norweb Family Collection (Stack's, 11/2006), lot 2053; Donald G. Partrick. The present lot. Believed to be Ex: J. Carson Brevoort; Lorin G. Parmelee (New York Coin & Stamp Co., 6/1890), lot 809; Isaac F. Wood (Chapman Brothers, 7/1894), lot 199. Parmelee purchased the Brevoort Collection intact, kept pieces that he wanted, and consigned the balance to the Strobridge sale of June 1876.
2. EF Details Polished per Stuart Levine. Joseph J. Mickley; Col. Mendes I. Cohen (Edward Cogan, 10/1875), lot 1490; William Sumner Appleton; Massachusetts Historical Society.
3. VF. Matthew Adams Stickney; Col. James W. Ellsworth; John Work Garrett; Johns Hopkins University (Bowers and Merena, 3/1981), lot 1733
4. VG Details, Reverse Weaker, Graffiti. John L. Roper, 2nd (Stack's, 12/1983), lot 400, which realized $800.
Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 2B78, PCGS# 720, Greysheet# 268)
View all of [The Donald G. Partrick Collection ]
Auction Info
2021 January 20 - 24 FUN US Coins Signature Auction #1326 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
January, 2021
20th-24th
Wednesday-Sunday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 21
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