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1792 P1C One Cent, Judd-1, Pollock-1, High R.6, MS64 Brown PCGS Secure. CAC (PCGS# 11001)
Auction 1208 | Lot: 5517 | Aug 9, 2014

Sold For: $1,997,500.00
1792 P10C Disme, Judd-10, Pollock-11, High R.6, SP64 Brown PCGS. (PCGS# 11026)
Auction 1341 | Lot: 4781 | Jan 14, 2022

Sold For: $1,170,000.00
1792 P1C One Cent, Judd-1, Pollock-1, High R.6, SP45+ PCGS. CAC. (PCGS# 11001)
Auction 1380 | Lot: 4274 | Jan 19, 2025

Sold For: $576,000.00
1792 P10C Disme, Judd-10, Pollock-11, XF40 PCGS Secure. (PCGS# 11026)
Auction 1224 | Lot: 3798 | Sep 20, 2015

Sold For: $211,500.00
1792 Disme, Judd-10, Pollock-11, R.6, Specimen 65 Brown PCGS. Copper. Ex: Garrett. On July 9-10, 1792, John Harper's humble abode in Philadelphia played host to a group of distinguished Americans that included George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Mint Director David Rittenhouse, and Adam Eckfeldt. Squeezed into the basement in the summer heat, the men focused their attention on Harper's screw press. After years of anticipation, the United States' first coins emerged from this makeshift Mint. Undoubtedly passed around the room for all to appreciate, these important pieces may very well have passed through the hands of Washington and Jefferson themselves. One of these coins was then set aside and carefully preserved by numerous collectors over the course of the next two centuries. Today, we are proud to highlight this historically significant specimen as it prepares to grace yet another dignified collection with its presence.

Novice numismatists would certainly assert that the above paragraph refers to the first 1,500 half dismes that the Mint produced with bullion that came, in part, from George Washington's silverware. Indeed, numerous sources, such as the current edition of the Guide Book, seem to uphold the validity of this assumption. The thorough historian, however, would be wise to look at Adam Eckfeldt's personal recollections from those days in Harper's cellar. A man whose association with the early Philadelphia Mint speaks volumes for his credentials, Eckfeldt always asserted that he designed the United States' first coin. As William Russell Birch designed and engraved the half disme on his own, Eckfeldt's assertion can only refer to the 1792 pattern disme.

Sometime in March, 1792, Birch executed a reverse design for the disme that depicted a fledgling eagle surrounded by UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and DISME. The obverse, however, was the work of Eckfeldt. For his central design, the Mint employee selected a rendition of Liberty that also appeared on his (PCGS# 11026)
Auction 211 | Lot: 6187 | Oct 13, 1999

Not Sold

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