Lot 188
1798 S-177 R4+ Style II Hair, Small 8. PCGS graded VG-10. CAC Approved. Glossy medium chocolate brown with slightly lighter steel brown toning on the devices. No roughness or verdigris, only a few contact marks. The notable ones are several faint diagonal hairlines on the portrait and a pair of dull diagonal nicks under IB in LIBERTY. The date is bold and the legends are clear except for weakness caused by swelling at TED in UNITED. Terminal Die State (TDS), Breen state V late. All the die cracks described by Breen are present plus there is an obvious retained cud break or swelling over the R in AMERICA. This feature is not mentioned in the Breen reference. Graded F12 net VG8 and tied for CC#23 in the Noyes census, his photo #29958. Our grade is VG8+, close to VG10. The attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label. Pop 1; 4 finer at PCGS for the variety, 2 in VF25, 1 in EF40 and 1 in EF45 (PCGS # 36101) .
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex William C. Noyes 9/1992.
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