Lot 470
1798 S-173 R3 Small 8, Style II Hair PCGS graded AU55. Very attractive frosty medium chocolate brown and darker steel with slightly lighter steel brown in protected areas on the obverse. Sharply struck with excellent eye appeal. The notable defects are an area of microscopic crud in the field between the lowest curl and the dentils, a few very faint diagonal hairlines on the cheek, a dull nick on the lips, and a smooth struck-through depression under STAT. The struck-through void at STAT is the only defect that is visible without the aid of a glass (called a "Struck-Thru Reverse" error on the PCGS label). MDS, Breen state IV, with a cud break connecting RTY to the rim above. This cud starts at the right top of the R and does not touch the right top of the Y. The reverse is rotated 15 degrees CCW. Called AU55 net EF45 and tied for CC#6 in the Noyes census (but #1 of the die state), his photo #27928. Our grade is AU55 sharpness net EF45+. Comes with a very nice provenance. The attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 2; 4 finer for the variety at PCGS. Estimate Value $4,000 - UP
Ex Virgil Brand-Henry C. Hines-Homer K. Downing, 1952 ANA Sale 8/16/1952:1825-C. Douglas Smith-Gordon J. Wrubel-Chuck Furjanic-Tony Terranova 6/1988-Tom Reynolds, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/31/2016:175.
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| Realized $4,700 |
