Lot 491
1793 S-1 R4. VG-7. Chain AMERI. Glossy chocolate and darker steel brown. The surfaces are smooth and very attractive for the grade, nearly choice. No corrosion or verdigris, only a few trivial marks including a small planchet flake in the hair left of the ear and a tiny pinprick in the field left of the first S in STATES. MDS, Breen state II, with a small area of swelling at the top of the U in UNITED. The date is readable, although the bottom half fades into the rim below, and the legends are complete. A very nice lower grade example of the first Large Cent variety struck by our Federal Mint.
Estimated Value $8,000-UP.
Ex Bowers & Merena 6/22/2000:39 (via Don Valenziano).
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