1792 Cent Pattern - J-6, Birch Cent
Strike Type
Coin Details
Auction Record
- Price realized
- $90,000
- Sold
- Auction house
- Bowers and Ruddy (Garrett Collection)
Description
The Judd-6 Birch Cent is the unique white metal striking among the Birch cent varieties. While it shares the same obverse as the other Birch cents — a right-facing bust of Liberty with "BIRCH" on the neck truncation and the motto "LIBERTY PARENT OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY" — the reverse is artistically distinct. Instead of the fraction "1/100" found on the other Birch cent reverses, the J-6 bears the inscription "G.W. PT." (an abbreviation for "George Washington, President"), making it the only 1792 pattern cent to reference the sitting president by initials. Carl W. A. Carlson identified it in 1982 as the original Birch die, later modified for the more common Birch cents (uspatterns.com). The coin was part of the Garrett Collection at Johns Hopkins University and was offered in the March 1981 Garrett sale. Reference data: struck in white metal with a plain edge, rated unique. Catalogued as Judd-6, Pollock-3, Taxay EP18. ex Ellsworth, Garrett, W.T. Anton collection.
Rarity Notes
unique (USPatterns.com)
Cross References
Judd-6; Pollock-3; Taxay EP18
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