Lot 206
1798 S-187 R1 Style II Hair, Small 8. PCGS graded AU-55. Frosty dark chocolate brown and steel with generous traces of very faded mint color showing in protected places on the reverse. No roughness or verdigris, only minor contact marks. The notable ones are a collection of light nicks in the field over the upper end of the hair ribbon, a very shallow abrasion hidden in the hair left of the eye, and some microscopic pin scratches at the right foot of the second A in AMERICA. Nicely struck E-MDS, Breen state II, with a fine die crack through the top of CA to the second 0 in the denominator. Graded EF40 net VF30 and tied for CC#19 in the Noyes census, his photo #27733. Bland says EF40. Our grade is AU50 sharpness net EF45. The attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label. Pop 1; 5 finer at PCGS for the variety, 2 in AU58, 2 in MS62, and 1 in MS65 (PCGS # 36128) .
Estimated Value $4,000-UP.
Ex Robert E. Matthews, Superior 5/28/1989:353 (lot ticket included).
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