Lot 147
1794 S-42 R4 F15. Sharpness near VF30 but the surfaces are covered with extremely faint roughness under rather glossy dark olive brown toning. The highpoints are a lighter shade of steel brown. No verdigris but there are some contact marks. The notable marks are a few scratches down from the B in LIBERTY to the back of the head, a light rim bruise above that B, a stronger rim dent over AT in STATES, and some very old horizontal scratches hidden in the toning on the reverse. MDS, Breen state I, without any visible die clashmarks. This cent is plated on page 18 in the August 1979 Tom Morley book on the cents of 1794 to illustrate the VF20 grade for the S-42 die variety. Noyes photo #39105. Estimate Value $1,500 - UP
Ex Gary M. Ruttenberg, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 1/1991:40-Dan Trollan Collection (lot ticket included).
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