Found a Fugio Cent in my father's collection any idea which one it is and how much it might be worth

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  1. Randy Abercrombie

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    If you look at the PCGS listings link there is a United States, four cinquefoil variety listed..... See, there are many variations of this lovely historical piece. And this is precisely the primary reason to have the coin professionally reviewed by one of the major TPG’s.
     
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  3. Mainebill

    Mainebill Bethany Danielle

    Personally I wouldn’t send this to pcgs. Colonials they’re expensive on. I’d send to ngc or anacs for authentication but I can tell you it’s real. It’s the 4 cinqfoils variety and it won’t straight grade. It’s fine details due to rim and environmental damage. Still a good find. Probably value $250-350
     
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  4. Eduard

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    This link was mentioned before (@PennyGuy ). It is one of the primary sources for information on Fugio Coppers.

    https://coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/Fugio.intro.html

    When valuing a Fugio Copper it is important to understand that there are many varieties of these. The Whitman Encyclopedia of 'Colonial and Early American Coins' lists approximately 60 different varieties of Fugios.
    Some are very rare to unique, others relatively easily available. The scarcity, depending on the variety, ranges from 1 or 2 known, to a few hundred known.

    This particular example was identified (by Conder101) as variety 16-N. This variety is now rated R-3, meaning there are approximately 200-500 examples known. It is not rare, but moderately scarce to plentiful, in relative terms of course. (About 20 years ago it was considered to be R-4).

    Lastly, this is the example of 16-N in my collection. It is the same variety as the OP's coin. (It was struck in a later die state as evidenced by the die breaks on the reverse).

    Fugio Cent Newman 16-N.1-Obverse - 1.jpg Fugio Cent Newman 16-N.1-Reverse - 1.jpg
     
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