Lot 8
1794 S-22 R1 PCGS AU Detail Environmental Damage. Frosty light to medium chocolate brown with slightly lighter brown toning on the very highest points of the devices. This cent is sharply struck and there is very little friction on the highest points of the portrait, and the reverse looks mint state. However a glass reveals uniform extremely fine granularity mixed into the die flowlines. No spots or stains, and the only notable marks are a very light diagonal nick on the bust over the 4, a couple more on the cheek and neck, and a tiny pinprick over the end of the pole. These contact marks are "lost" in the die flowlines and do not catch your eye. LDS, Breen State VIII, with heavily flowlined fields on the obverse, a die crack up through the 4 and neck to the ear lobe, and shallow "Mounds" on the reverse. Looks better than the "Environmental Damage" assessment given by PCGS might imply. Not seen by Bland or Noyes. Our grade is EF40. The attribution is noted on the PCGS label. PCGS #35531. Estimated Value $4,000 - UP
Source unrecorded-Dr. Mark D. Cadden Collection.
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