Lot 47
1794 S-28 R2+. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. Frosty steel brown and chocolate with darker olive and reddish chocolate splashes on the obverse. The surfaces are satiny and mint luster covers the fields and protected areas on both sides, especially on the reverse. There is a hint of microscopic roughness at the cap where it touches the hair and a few of the usual tiny planchet chips that didn't completely strike out around the bust tip and at OF on the reverse. Otherwise the planchet and surfaces are flawless. The only sign of contact is a shallow mark (possibly pre-striking) in the center of the cheek. Sharply struck M-LDS, Breen state VI, with a faint die crack from the tip of the nose to the rim at right. Just a hint of rub on the highest points of the design from mint state. Called AU55 and tied for CC#5 in the Bland census. Noyes photo #34976. Our grade is AU-55. The PCGS label is included, and it shows the Hesselgesser provenance. PCGS Population 2; Perhaps the same coin. DWH #3258.
Estimated Value $15,000-UP.
Ex Superior 1/89:3093-2004 ANA Sale, Heritage 8/18/04:5092-Dr. Robert Hesselgesser, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldberg’s 2/11/07:261.
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