Lot 40
1794 S-54 R2 PCGS XF Detail Environmental Damage. Rather glossy dark steel and olive brown. Looks perfectly smooth to the unaided eye but a glass reveals extremely faint roughness in the fields and protected areas. No verdigris and only a few trivial marks. The notable ones are a tiny planchet chip between the L & I in LIBERTY, another at the dentils over the right side of the E in AMERICA, and a light scratch hidden in the toning between the S & T in STATES. E-MDS, Breen state II, with an uncracked obverse and light die clashmarks on the reverse. "H-7" is neatly written on the edge two times in yellowing ink (although this is the Hays-11 die variety). Graded EF40 net VF25 and tied for CC#11 in the Noyes census, his photo #36287. Our grade is EF40 sharpness net VF25+. Comes with a very nice provenance that has been traced back over a century. The attribution is noted on the PCGS label. PCGS #35624. Estimated Value $3,000 - UP
Ex William W. Hays 1900-Charles Steigerwalt-Henry O. Granberg-William H. Woodin, United States Coin Co. 5/19/1915:93-Rudolph Kohler-unknown-Superior Galleries 6/1975-Dr. Gustavo Baron, Superior 1/30/1989:3096-Thomas D. Reynolds 6/7/1989-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr. 3/17/2008-Chris McCawley 5/10/2008-Walter Reed (via Fred H. Borcherdt and Bill Noyes) 8/9/2012-Dr. Mark D. Cadden Collection (includes the Borcherdt collection envelope).
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