Lot 8
1793 S-5 R4 Wreath Cent with Large LIBERTY PCGS Genuine Fine Details Environmental Damage. Slightly glossy dark steel and olive brown. Covered with very fine roughness on all but the highpoints, which are smooth. No verdigris, just a few marks. The notable marks are an old diagonal scratch through the leaf sprig over the date and a minor planchet fissure (as struck) through the second S in STATES. Slightly glossy dark steel and olive brown. The date and legends are complete and easily readable, although the bottoms of the 9 & 3 are starting to weaken. Very rare LDS, Breen state III, with a rim cud break connecting ER in LIBERTY to the rim above. The cud is clearly defined in spite of the low grade. There are only a few known in this latest die state. The finest is mint state and appeared as obverse 4 on Levick's plate. It is impounded in the ANS Collection. There is also a lump in the field behind the head (created by a chip out of the die), a feature not mentioned in Walter Breen's comprehensive reference on the cents of 1793-1814. A neat die state, and quite rare as such. Our grade is net G5. The attribution and Neiswinter provenance are noted on the PCGS label. Weight 204.5 grains. Estimate Value $3,000 - UP
Ex Dan Trollan 5/2006-Jim Neiswinter Collection.
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