Lot 14
1793 S-8 R3- Wreath Cent, Vine & Bars Edge PCGS graded AU50. Glossy medium chocolate brown with lots of frosty lighter olive and steel brown toning in the protected areas. The surfaces are smooth and attractive but there are a few minor marks. The notable marks are a small planchet void on the rim over the L in LIBERTY (as struck but it catches your eye), a small diagonal line under the eye, and a half dozen light rim bruises on the reverse, the strongest of these at ST in STATES. MDS, Breen state II, with a fine diagonal die crack passing NW to SE through the center dot on the reverse and a slight bulge along the crack. A radial die crack or flowline closes the 3 and another radial crack extends from the tip of the bust to the rim. Die clashmarks show in the field before the throat and neck. These cracks and clashmarks are not present on the S-9 obverse thus proving the S-8 variety was struck following the S-9. Our grade is VF35 sharpness net VF30+. This obverse die was used to strike the S-8, S-9, and NC-4 Wreath Cent varieties (emission sequence NC-4, S-9, S-8), and it is the only one where the stem of the sprig is parallel to the top of the date. The stem of the sprig points downward on all the other Wreath Cent varieties. The Vine & Bars edge device is version (a), same as on all the Chain Cents. A very nice Wreath Cent in spite of the minor marks. Weight 211.6 grains. The attribution and Neiswinter provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 4; 7 finer for the variety at PCGS. Estimate Value $12,500 - UP
Ex Darwin B. Palmer 2/1990-Jim Neiswinter Collection.
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