Lot 130
1795 NC-1 R8 Jefferson Head. Thin Planchet with Lettered Edge of 1793 (leaf stem & tip point down). Breen 10b. Fair-2. Choice glossy chocolate brown. The planchet is smooth, virtually free of marks. Just lots of honest wear. The only defects are a small, very light contact mark on the throat and four tiny rim nicks scattered about the reverse. The date is full and easily readable but not strong, most of the portrait is visible, and LIBERT is clear. The Y is weak but visible. The reverse is nearly slick but the ED in UNITED remains visible, and a few of the dentils and wreath details in that area are faintly visible as well. The edge lettering is mostly worn smooth, but A DOLLAR is still readable, although some of the letters are faint. The leaf following DOLLAR also is faint, but the stem and tip appear to point down (edge device of 1793). Struck on a thin planchet, weight 168.9 grains. A total of 3 examples of NC-1 are known, one on a thick planchet (the unique Breen 10a, offered as the preceding lot) and two on thin planchets (Breen 10b, this Fair-2 example and a VF20). Called Fair-2 by Noyes and Bland, Noyes photo #28529. DWH #1777.
Estimated Value $20,000-UP.
Ex Clayton L. Wallace, Stack's 12/63:458-Bradbury K. Thurlow, Mayflower Coin Auctions 12/67:126-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 7/71-Denis W. Loring 5/74-Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz-John W. Adams-Kagin's Numismatic Auctions #305, 1/75:477-John W. Adams-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/86:106-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 1/27/96:113.
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| Realized $36,800 |
