Lot 217
1800/79 S-195 R5 Overdate 80 over 79, Style II Hair. PCGS graded Fine-15. Rather glossy steel brown and medium chocolate blending to darker olive brown in protected areas. The surfaces appear smooth but a glass reveals a few spots of microscopic roughness on the reverse. Only minor contact marks, including a pair of extremely light hairline scratches from the forehead to the chin and a thin nick right of the ear. Extremely rare LDS, Breen state IV, with a cud break right of the Y in LIBERTY. A later state is known with this cud extending left involving the TY, and the die crack that outlines that larger cud is present on this coin. Graded VG10 net VG7 and finest of only 2 known in the Noyes census, his photo #60434. Our grade is F12 sharpness net VG10. The attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label. Pop 1; 3 finer at PCGS for the variety, 1 in VF30, 1 in VF35, and 1 in EF40 (PCGS # 36164) .
Estimated Value $1,500-UP.
Ex Henry T. Hettger 2/2008.
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