Lot 189
1796 S-112 R4+ Draped Bust. VF-35. Ten points sharper with some shallow pitmarks on the reverse, mostly located inside the wreath but a couple pits extend into the wreath. The most obvious pitmark is centered on the leaf above the E in ONE. No verdigris and only a few minor contact marks, including a very light rim bruise at TE in STATES. A very thin planchet crease, as struck, is mostly hidden in the hair left of the forehead. Glossy medium brown and chocolate with frosty lighter brown toning in protected areas. M-LDS, Breen state III, with a fine die crack through the right foot of the second T in STATES down to the leaf below but before the central reverse begins to swell. Called EF45 net VF35 and tied for CC#5 in the Bland census. Noyes says EF45 net VF30 and tied for CC#6, photo #24194. DWH #2745.
Estimated Value $7,500-UP.
Ex Richard T. Hoober 5/66-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/86:151-Dr. Phil Ralls 5/2/97-Jack Wadlington (via Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley) 6/30/05.
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