Lot 183
1798 S-175 R3 Style II Hair, Small 8. PCGS graded Fine-15. Glossy medium steel and chocolate brown with frosty lighter brown in protected areas on the reverse. No trace of corrosion or verdigris, but both sides are covered with tiny nicks. None of the marks is significant but there are far too many for the sharpness grade. Very rare E-MDS, Breen state II, with a cud break extending from under the 1 in the denominator to over the left top of the N in UNITED, and this cud does not touch the U. The reverse is covered with fresh nearly vertical die lapping lines. Breen says the die clashmarks on the obverse were polished away in this die state, but there are clear ones around the curl under the hair ribbon. Noyes lists two examples of this die state in his census with net grades of F15 and VG8, and he has not seen this coin. Our grade is VF20+ sharpness net F12. The attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label. Pop 1; 4 finer at PCGS for the variety, 1 in VF30, 1 in EF45, 1 in MS62, and 1 in MS63+ (PCGS # 36095) .
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex an unrecorded source at the 1994 ANA bourse.
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