Lot 126
1796 S-95 R5+ Draped Bust VG8+. Sharpness F12 with some areas displaying the details of a slightly higher grade, but uniform extremely faint roughness is well hidden under a glossy patina of chocolate and darker olive and steel brown. No verdigris, and the only marks are a very small rim nick over the right edge of the first T in STATES and a tiny pinprick hidden inside the bottom of that E. The date is complete and easily readable but not strong while the legends are clear and relatively strong except for OF, which is weak. MDS, Breen state I. A decent example of this tough die variety. Called VF25 net G6 and tied for CC#15 in the Noyes census, his photo #26027. Looks better than that. Doug Smith graded it F12+ And it comes with a nice provenance. Estimated Value $750-UP
Ex Dr. William H. Sheldon 12/28/1956-C. Douglas Smith (came from Dr. Sheldon with an S-96 to complete Doug Smith's run of 1796 varieties) 1970-R. S. Brown, Jr.-Fred H. Borcherdt 2000-J. J. Renzi, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 5/31/2010:621-Ed Miller Collection (Goldberg lot ticket and Borcherdt collection envelope included).
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