One of only 4(!) Strawberry Leaf Cents

Here is another piece that isn't exactly the type of item I like most, but, is of definite interest.

Check your red books - this coin holds the auction record for the 1793 strawberry leaf cent at $862,500 in January 2009.

 

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I neglected to mention that this is the same piece imaged in the Red Book.

 

Can anyone imagine having the extra funds to buy this coin?

 

Two houses.

 

I love those old coppers and the Strawberry Leaf is a very special one.

Bruce

 

Glad to hear your back in Maine.
Is that the coin that came out of Norway, Maine?

 

The 2009 sale is here https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-B08QN/1793-nc-3-rarity-8-strawberry-leaf-fine-12-ngc. Very long lot description. Note the depiction at the end, of a brawl between two dealers at the auction of another specimen in 1894.

 

Lots of history behind this coin, no?
I once found a Large Cent in a Strawberry field. Does that count.

 

I read it too, and that is the coin.
My Mother in law was a friend to the woman that inherited the SLC. They worked in the school district together. After my (numismatic) Father in law passed away,
my wifes sibling where given the opportunity to sit and listen to this woman tell her story of the ordeal that she went through when she sold the coin. To say the least, she did not shine a favorable light on some of the people she had to deal with, mostly those that attached themselves to a % the sale price. As an inheritance the remainder had to be split four ways.

 

"Strawberry Fields Forever"

 

Personally? I think it should be Cherries.

 

This more recent sale (August 2020) has the same blurb but with better formatting. $660,000 that time, so whoever bought it in 2009 for $862,500 took a big hit. https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/l...erse-nc-3-rarity-8-strawberry-leaf-vg-10-pcgs

Stack's also sold it in 2004 for $414,000. https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-AO8QC/1793-nc-3-rarity-8-strawberry-leaf-f-12-ngc

Also interesting is that it went from NGC F12 in the first two sales to PCGS VG10 in the 2020 sale. I don't see how that means anything for a coin like this.

 

My understanding is that she wanted it sold quickly (which was when it sold at the Baltimore show in '06(+/-) instead of waiting for the FUN auction which would have had stronger bids.

Regardless, commission is rather standard when it comes to handling this stuff.

Yes.

 

This sounds crazy, but I would rather have a high grade Chain AMERI. cent. The Chain cent is worth less, but it’s more important historically IMO.