Lot 69
1794 S-43 R2+. AU-50. Five points sharper with extremely fine porosity covering the planchet, the roughness so fine it is barely visible even under magnification. Just a light touch of friction on the very highest points of the design from mint state. Frosty steel brown and chocolate. The only mark is a shallow nick on the lower half of the neck, and this mark appears to be a pre-striking planchet chip rather than a result of contact after minting. Sharply struck and very attractive. MDS, Breen state III. The die crack through the U in UNITED is clear. Tied for CC#3 as AU50 in both census lists, Noyes photo #25060. Comes with a long provenance filled with prominent collectors. DWH #0052.
Estimated Value $8,000-UP.
Ex J. Chandler Roach-J. Colvin Randall-S. K. Harzfeld #15, 11/1880:440-Ed. Frossard Collection-Ed. Frossard #37, 10/184:876-T. Harrison Garrett-Robert Garrett 1919-John Work Garrett-Johns Hopkins University, privately 3/73-John W. Adams, Bowers & Ruddy FPL 1982:35-Bertram Cohen-George E. Ewing, Jr., 5/13/90 via Darwin B. Palmer.
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