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A 1794 Liberty Cap, Head of 1794 cent with an interesting history including time in the Boka Collection was among the lots offered by Heritage Auctions during the May 9 Platinum Night sale.
The leading lot in the May 9 Platinum Night sale by Heritage,at $120,000, was a 1793 Liberty Cap large cent that clearly showed the Sheldon-14 variety's noted bisecting die crack.
By David Thomason Alexander for CoinWeek ..... The Background Numismatic auctions in the U.S. were an integral part of the coin collecting scene since the
A 1794 large cent has been returned to the ANS that had been stolen from the Clapp Collection decades ago, which was donated in 1946.
The news that the ANS has recovered another one of its large cents stolen from its collection by a once-respected numismatist is one more small victory in an ongoing success story.