Lot 33
1796 S-91 R3 Liberty Cap. PCGS graded AU-58. Choice glossy medium steel brown and light chocolate. A beautiful cent, smooth and virtually flawless with superb eye appeal. Satiny mint frost covers the fields and protected areas and the only notable marks are a small spot of darker toning in the field left of the bottom of the cap and a tiny rim bruise at ED in UNITED. Nicely struck E-MDS, Breen state III, with horizontal die flaws in the obverse fields and a die crack from the dentils to the top of the I in AMERICA. This cent has mint state eye appeal but there is a bit of friction on the highest points of the hair. Graded AU55 Choice and CC#3 in the Noyes census, his photo #32071. Bland says AU55 and tied for CC#3 honors with the ANS Museum example. Our grade is AU55 Choice. The attribution and Doug Bird Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 2; 1 finer in 66. (PCGS # 35780) Value $30,000 - UP
Ex Edward P. Steers-Duer du Pont Breck, Lyman H. Low #201, 5/1920:100-Elmer S. Sears-Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau & Co., 2/7/1945:89-James Kelly-Standish Hall, Hollinbeck Coin Co. FPL #25, 1947:11-unknown-Andrew P. Lustig 1983-Catherine W. Bullowa MBS 7/1993:62-Andrew P. Lustig 10/1/1993-Douglas F. Bird Collection.
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| Realized $18,600 |
