Lot 971
1799 Draped Bust Cent. . S-189, R-2+. NGC graded VF-20 Brown. Glossy dark olive and steel. The surfaces are smooth and display only a few light contact marks. The notable ones are a thin nick through the left base of the N in UNITED and a diagonal nick in the leaves left of the C in CENT. The date is strong and the legends are complete. The obverse is nicely centered while the reverse is slightly misaligned to the bottom causing minor weakness at the base of the denominator and tops of UNI. Late die state with strong crumbling in the dentils at F-AM and a fine but clear die crack from the bust tip into the field fading out as it reaches the rim at right. A very nice mid-grade example of the key date to the large cent series. EAC grade F12+, close to F15.
Estimated Value $15,000 - 25,000.
The Greenhill Collection.
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