Lot 22
1794 S-64 R5- Missing Fraction Bar. PCGS graded AU-58. CAC. Choice glossy medium brown and light chocolate with hints of frosty tan in protected places. A fabulous cent, perfectly smooth except for the usual tiny planchet chips that are nearly always present in the field off the lower curls (as struck). Satiny mint frost covers the protected areas on both sides. The only contact marks are a few very tiny diagonal ticks on the cheek and a barely visible nick under the E in ONE. LDS, Breen state V, with a strong radial die crack through the D in UNITED to the top of the C in CENT where it fades away. The date and legends are strong and the Missing Fraction Bar feature is obvious to the unaided eye. Graded EF45 and tied for CC#6 in the Bland census. Noyes says EF45 Choice and tied for CC#5. Our grade is EF45. This is the finest late die state example known by at least 15 points in either census. A great cent with an equally great provenance that has been traced back more than a century. The attribution and Doug Bird Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; 2 finer: 1 in 63, 1 in 65. (PCGS # 35708) Value $40,000 - UP
Ex H. O. Granberg-William H. Woodin, The United States Coin Co. 5/19/1915:132-Dr. George P. French-unknown-Charles M. Williams, Numismatic Gallery 11/14/1950:73-Judge Thomas L. Gaskill, New Netherlands Coin Co. (privately) 11/1956-Dorothy I. Paschal 3/1977-Del Bland 10/1/1984-Douglas F. Bird Collection (includes the Paschal and Bland collection envelopes).
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| Realized $39,600 |
