Lot 289
1798 S-158 R4 Style I Hair with Small 8. EF-40 Plus. Noyes and Breen Plate Coin. Choice frosty steel brown and chocolate with lustrous tan and light steel brown covering the protected areas. No spots, stains, or significant marks. The only defects are a few trivial nicks, including a tiny rim nick opposite the throat, another left of the hair ribbon, and a small nick over the N in ONE. M-LDS, Breen state IV late, with a small but strong cud break connecting the top of the T in UNITED to the rim above, an intermediate die state not mentioned in the Breen book. Very shallow low spots cover the neck (caused by debris stuck to the die). A beautiful cent with satiny mint luster covering the fields and protected areas, especially on the reverse. Called EF40 in both census lists, tied for CC#3 in the Noyes list, tied for CC#5 in the Bland list. Noyes photo #29009. This is the plate coin for the variety in the Noyes and Breen books. DWH #3446.
Estimated Value $7,500-UP.
Ex Robert J. Kissner, Stack’s 6/75:305-C. Douglas Smith-Dr. Robert A. Schuman, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/29/03:446-Chris McCawley 12/03-Clay Everhart-Chris McCawley 1/08.
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| Realized $13,800 |
