Results Set Record for the Firm's Highest Grossing Auction Sale in its 90+ Year History.
Patterns (1795) Values
The Greysheet Catalog (GSID) of the Patterns (1795) series of Pattern Coinage in the U.S. Coins contains 4 distinct entries with CPG® values between $150,000.00 and $165,000.00.
History and Overview
The pattern coins of 1795 are primarily copper strikings of silver denominations, except that the dies used were also employed for regular circulating coinage.
Collecting Perspective
Patterns of this year are for all practical purposes uncollectible, although occasional pieces appear on the market at widely spaced intervals. A possible exception is J-20, very rare and in great demand by collectors of regular copper cents, but not in the rarity league of the others. As patterns of this year were not made for numismatic purposes, most show handling or other evidence of wear.
Greysheet News
While reviewing the initial results in various categories of recent auctions, my initial take is that the sales were moderate to strong.
More than 300 lots, consisting of high quality Walking Liberty half dollars from the Mack C. Chase Collection are set to cross the auction block as part of Stack's Bowers Galleries' November Showcase Auction, the official auction of the Whitman Expo.





