Lot 512
1798 S-158 R4 Style I Hair, Small 8. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. Glossy olive brown with lighter chocolate brown toning in protected areas, especially on the reverse. Satiny mint frost covers the protected areas and the eye appeal is excellent. The only defects are some small nicks, mostly in the field off the chin. Sharply struck EDS, Breen state I, with a faint die crack passing through the tops of UNITED STATES. Regraded MS60 and CC#1 in the current Bland census. Noyes says AU50 and tied for CC#1 in his census, photo #28653. Our grade is MS60 net AU58 for the small nicks. The attribution and Ralls provenance are shown on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; none finer. The only example graded by PCGS for the variety. (PCGS # 36038) .
Estimated Value $20,000-UP.
Ex 1957 ANA Sale, Federal Coin Exchange, lot 848-Dorothy Paschal 4/27/1972-R. Tettenhorst 8/1993 (via Ray Chatham)-Dr. Philip W. Ralls.
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