Lot 522
1798 S-161 R2 Style I Hair, Small 8. PCGS graded MS-62 Brown. CAC Approved. Choice glossy medium brown and light chocolate with slightly darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. A beautiful cent that offers outstanding eye appeal. Nearly flawless, and the only marks are wholly insignificant. The best identifying mark is a tiny planchet chip in the field off the tip of the nose. This is the plate coin for the variety in the Breen large cent encyclopedia. It was also pictured on the Newcomb and Clapp plates. M-LDS, Breen state IX, with a bold cud break over TES and a raised retained cud over the adjacent A. Called AU55 and tied for CC#3 in the Bland census. Noyes says AU50 Choice and tied for CC#5, his photo #24269. Our grade is AU55 Choice. The attribution and Ralls provenance are shown on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; 1 finer in 62+ (the preceding lot). (PCGS # 36047) .
Estimated Value $10,000-UP.
Ex Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 2/1945-Judge Thomas L. Gaskill-Dr. William H. Sheldon-Dorothy Paschal (via Ray Chatham)-Richard S. Rosichan-Roger Carr-Gordon Wrubel 5/1981-Dr. Philip W. Ralls.
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| Realized $30,550 |
