Lot 393
1795 S-78 R1 Plain Edge. PCGS graded AU-50. Very attractive glossy light to medium chocolate brown with frosty lighter bluish steel brown toning in protected areas on the reverse. A perfect example for the grade, flawless in every respect except for a planchet flake on the top of the first T in STATES, as struck. E-MDS, Breen state II. There are fine die clashmarks on both sides but the tiny chip under the jaw has not formed. Called EF40 by Noyes and Bland, Noyes photo #23909. Our grade is EF40. The attribution and Ralls provenance are shown on the PCGS label. Pop 1; 5 finer at PCGS. (PCGS # 35729) .
Estimated Value $3,000-UP.
Ex Glen Wallace-Abe Kosoff-RARCOA 5/9/1974:825 (lot ticket included)-Jim McGuigan (for his date set)-Denis Loring 1/1985-Dr. Philip W. Ralls.
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