1791 Washington Small Eagle cent. Baker-16, Musante GW-17, W-10630. AU-55 (PCGS).190.6 grains. Choice dark chocolate brown with smooth, lightly reflective surfaces that retain good mint gloss. Some suggestions of faded mint color and navy blue highlights are seen in the fields. Well preserved and problem free, with just a single shallow mark in the right reverse field. A handsome example of this classic issue, coined in England in the hopes of sealing a minting contract, then shipped to the United States in substantial numbers as a circulating issue around the time of the foundation of the U.S. Mint.From the Archangel Collection. Earlier, from Stack’s sale of September 1975, lot 547.
