Lot 26
1795 C-6a R2 No Pole, Thin Planchet PCGS AU Details, Cleaned. Struck over a cut-down Talbot Allum & Lee Cent. Mint state sharpness but lightly cleaned and retoned lustrous medium to dark chocolate brown and olive with hints of frosty steel in protected areas on the reverse. The surfaces are flawless except for a single microscopic planchet chip near the dentils off the chin, as struck, and a very small rim bruise above the O in OF. Struck slightly off center to K-4 but all the designs remain on the planchet. Some evidence of the TAL Cent undertype shows above STATES-O, but there is not enough of the undertype remaining to determine the date of the TAL Cent (1794 or 1795). EDS, Manley state 1.0, before any hint of a bulge in the field right of the Y in LIBERTY. The fields are hard and the designs are sharply impressed. Our grade is MS60 sharpness net AU55. A premium example in spite of the retoning. Tied for CC#7 honors in the Spurlock condition census. Weight 83.0 grains. The attribution and Green Tree Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS has graded 7 at AU or better for the variety. Estimate Value $8,000 - UP
Ex Otto Heaton, James Kelly MBS 6/1/1953:16-unknown-Stack's 1/17/2006:1756 (as MS60)-Michael Spurlock (via Chris McCawley FPL 11/16/2007-Bob Yuell (The Whister Collection), McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/4/2011:24-The Green Tree Collection.
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| Realized $4,994 |
