Lot 19
1793 S-10 R4 Wreath Cent, Vine & Bars Edge PCGS graded VF25. Attractive glossy medium steel brown and light chocolate. The planchet looks perfectly smooth but a strong glass reveals uniform extremely faint granularity in the fields on the reverse. No verdigris but there are a few contact marks. The notable ones are a small rim bruise right of the Y in LIBERTY and a lighter one off the bust tip plus a dull nick on the forehead. EDS, Breen state I, with a short, narrow rim cud break over NIT in UNITED. The die flaw at the rim opposite the mouth is minor and the border beads in that area are well defined. The Vine & Bars edge device is version (b). Graded VF20 sharpness net F15 by Del Bland. In 1990 is was accompanied by an ANACS color photo grading certificate (certificate #WKV-054, since discarded) where graded VF30/30. Our grade is F15+. The attribution and Neiswinter provenance are noted on the PCGS label. Weight 205.3 grains. PCGS population 2; 9 finer for the variety at PCGS. Estimate Value $10,000 - UP
Ex Dorothy I. Paschal-Del Bland 3/1978-Carl Windon 3/1988-Del Bland-Jack H. Beymer-unknown-Mid-American Rare Coin Auctions 1/5/1990:43-Stuart MacDonald, Heritage 9/11/1997:5050-Jim Neiswinter Collection.
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| Realized $8,400 |
