Lot 43
1794 S-72 R2 Exact Head of 1795 PCGS "Genuine, AU Details, Cleaning". Frosty steel and light olive. The color is attractive and appears natural in spite of the PCGS assessment. But there is a chance it was lightly cleaned long ago and has retoned naturally over the decades. The only marks are a thin diagonal nick close above the eye and a faint planchet lamination line that meanders through the cap down to the dentils left of the middle curls (as struck). E-MDS, Breen state II, with a fine die crack from the left top of the Y down to the right foot of the adjacent T and on to the browlock and hair. The reverse is uncracked. A nice example of the "Exact Head of 1794" variety. Graded EF40 and tied for CC#5 in the Noyes census, photo #39035. Bland says EF40 and tied for CC#6 in the Bland/Breen census. Our grade is EF40+, close to EF45. The attribution and Paul Gerrie provenance are shown on the PCGS label.
Estimated Value $7,500-UP.
Ex Henry C. Miller, Thomas Elder 4/1917:708-Hillyer Ryder 5/1945-Wayte Raymond 11/1945:74-Dr. William H. Sheldon-ANS-R. E. (Ted) Naftzger, Jr.-William C. Noyes (for the Naftzger family) 6/2001-Paul Gerrie (Note: This was one of the "switched-in" cents supposedly placed into the ANS collection by Dr. Sheldon. See the note regarding the ANS and Ted Naftzger, Jr., settlement at the end of the lot description for the 1794 S-36 and S-59 cents offered previously in this sale. Additional information regarding the ANS-Naftzger settlement is included at the end of lot #46 in our 6 September 2009 sale of the Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., collection.).
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| Realized $17,250 |
