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1787 Fugio cent, sundial side with FUGIO, 1787, four cinquefoils and pointed rays — the Bibliothèque nationale de France's example of the same issue; the tracked Newman 12-X MS66 Brown specimen is a different coin
Bibliothèque nationale de France

1787 Fugio Cent

Maker
United States contract coinage (James Jarvis)
Year
1787
Rank
33 of 100

1787 Fugio Cent

1787 Fugio Cent by United States contract coinage (James Jarvis) (1787) is ranked 33 in the FLOAT 100 for Coins. It sold for $13,200 on 7 November 2018. The first coin issued under the authority of the United States, designed in concept by Benjamin Franklin.

What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?

The first coin issued under the authority of the United States, designed in concept by Benjamin Franklin.

1c copper, Fugio, STATES UNITED, 4 Cinquefoils, Pointed Rays, Newman 12-X, NGC/PCGS MS66 Brown

What is the best-sourced number for it?

Figure
$13,200
Kind
Realized at auction
Date
7 November 2018

An MS66 Brown example realized $13,200 at Stack's Bowers; another MS66 BN NGC realized $11,400 at Heritage (Nov 7 2018).

This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.

How this is made

The figure
One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
Realized or not
A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
Why no grade ladder
Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
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