Lot 55
1797 S-140 R1. PCGS graded AU-58. Frosty light to medium chocolate brown with lighter brown toning in protected areas, especially on the reverse. The details are very sharp and there is just a faint trace of rub on the highest points, but there are some mint-made planchet cracks/flaws in the field left of the hair ribbon and a shallow delamination in the dentils right of the fraction. No contact marks or other defects, and the eye appeal of this cent is excellent in spite of the minor planchet defects. Sharply struck except for the hair ribbon and the opposing area at ITE in UNITED. E-MDS, Breen state II, with clashmarks on both sides and a fine die crack at F AME. Not seen by Noyes or Bland. Our grade is AU55. The attribution and Doug Bird Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; 1 finer in 61. (PCGS # 35951) Value $8,000 - UP
Source not recorded-Douglas F. Bird Collection.
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