Lot 191
1798 S-180 R5+ Style II Hair, Small 8. PCGS graded AU-50. Glossy medium chocolate brown and steel. No spots or stains, only a few contact marks. The notable ones are a very dull vertical scratch near the dentils left of the hair ribbon, a smaller scratch under the Y in LIBERTY, and a couple hairlines around CENT. None of these marks is distracting and the eye appeal is quite nice. MDS, Breen state III. There is a cud break at ATE in STATES that touches the E and a die crack from the bust tip to the rim. This is the plate coin for the variety in the 1991 Noyes reference. Graded VF35 and CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #20523. Bland says VF35 and CC#1. Our grade is VF35 as well. The attribution and Naftzger-Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label. Pop 1; none finer at PCGS for the variety (PCGS # 36107) .
Estimated Value $20,000-UP.
Ex "Consignment C from New York"-Hollinbeck Stamp & Coin Co. #10, 6/1951:1513-C. Douglas Smith 1961-Dorothy Paschal-Dr. William H. Sheldon 4/19/1972-R. E. Naftzger Jr., 2/23/1992-Eric Streiner 4/5/1992 (Naftzger collection envelope included).
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