Lot 281
1794 S-43 R2 VF30. Very attractive glossy light to medium chocolate brown and steel. The surfaces are smooth and display only trivial contact marks under magnification. A thin diagonal nick at the left top of the O in OF can help identify this cent. EDS, Breen state I, with a dull spur from the dentil over the A in STATES but no die cracks. The reverse of this cent is plated in the 1893 Frossard-Hays reference on the cents of 1794 (plate coin #34), and "H22" is marked in white ink on the edge 3 times to indicate it is the Maris-22 die variety belonging to William Hays. An attractive cent that carries a very nice provenance. Estimate Value $4,000 - UP
Ex William W. Hays 1900-Charles Steigerwalt 1906-Charles G. Zug, Hays Phelps Sale, Lyman H. Low 3/7/1907:34-L. L. Gobel, Imperial Coin Co., 10/1954:607-unknown-1957 ANA Sale, Federal Coin Exchange, lot 781-Robert J. Kissner, Stack's 6/27/1975:242-John W. Adams, Bowers & Ruddy 1982 FPL:36-Wes Rasmussen, Heritage 1/13/2005:3050-Chuck Heck Collection (includes the Adams and Rasmussen collection envelopes and the last 2 lot tickets).
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| Realized $7,638 |
