Lot 384
1796 S-89 R3 Liberty Cap PCGS VF Detail Cleaned. Glossy medium chocolate brown and steel with slightly darker olive brown toning around the date. No marks or verdigris, and there is no hint this cent was ever "Cleaned" as suggested by PCGS. The surfaces look perfectly smooth to the unaided eye but a glass reveals uniform extremely fine roughness under the glossy toning (perhaps PCGS meant to say "Environmental Damage" rather than "Cleaned"). LDS, Breen state III, with crumbling on the profile at the mouth and a subtle bulge in the field at the lower curls. The date is bold and the legends are strong. Our grade is VF20, sharpness net F15. The attribution is noted on the PCGS label. PCGS #35774. Estimated Value $700 - UP
From the Bob Willoughby Collection.
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| Realized $1,260 |
