Lot 184
1796 S-109 R3+ Draped Bust. VF-35. Sharpness AU50 with extremely fine roughness covering the surfaces plus some shallow pitmarks scattered about both sides, a few on the obverse and more on the reverse. The roughness is strongest at the fraction and ICA, and there is a small spot of reddish verdigris on the base of the Y in LIBERTY. A tiny hairline scratch in the field off the nose tip and a light rim nick over the E in STATES are the notable signs of contact, and they are insignificant. Lightly cleaned and nicely retoned glossy chocolate brown with frosty lighter brown toning in protected areas of the reverse. Sharply struck LDS, Breen state IV, with a die crack down through the T in LIBERTY to the forelock below. Called EF45 net VF20 and tied for CC#8 in the Noyes census, his photo #25504. Bland says AU55 net VF35 and tied for CC#2. DWH #2743.
Estimated Value $6,000-UP.
Ex Rick DeSanctis, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 1/11/97:206-Jack Wadlington (via Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley) 6/30/05.
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