Lot 59
1794 S-37 R6+. Fine-15. Morley Plate Coin. Ten points sharper with extremely fine granularity under a rather glossy patina of dark olive brown with medium brown toning covering the raised devices, the resulting two-tone contrast accenting the details and creating an attractive eye appeal. No verdigris or marks. A very tiny planchet fissure slanting through the top of the second S in STATES can help identify this cent, but this mark is not visible without a glass. EDS, Breen state I, from the perfect state of the obverse die. Called net F15 and tied for CC#3 in the Bland census. Noyes says VF25 net VG10 and tied for CC#4, his photo #28800. The obverse is plated in the Morley book on grading 1794 cents. (Dan Holmes had the enviable opportunity to select between two equally net graded examples of this variety: the coin offered here and the Newcomb:74-Dupont:53-Jack Robinson:61 example he also owned at the time. It was a tough call, but he selected the Morley coin, a decision made as much for the Morley provenance as for the overall eye appeal of the coin itself. As the provenance shows, Tom really liked this cent as well.) DWH #2701.
Estimated Value $25,000-UP.
Ex G. G. Finnell 8/21/78-Tom Morley 1/79-Del Bland 3/25/84-George E. Ewing, Jr.-R. S. Brown, Jr.-Tom Morley, Superior 5/92:189-Tom Morley 1/5/96-Jack Wadlington (via Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley) 6/30/05.
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| Realized $97,750 |
