Lot 58
1798 S-153 R3 Style I Hair, Large 8. PCGS graded AU-58. Choice frosty medium chocolate brown and steel with lighter steel brown toning in protected areas. Satiny mint luster covers the fields and protected areas and this cent has superb eye appeal. Looks choice mint state but there is a hint of friction on the very highest points of the devices. The only marks are a dull nick under the left foot of the L in LIBERTY and a thin diagonal nick left of the earlobe. Nicely struck LDS, Breen state VII, with a strong cud break connecting the bust to the rim and fine die rust covering the fields on the reverse. A fabulous example of a great die state. Graded AU55 net AU50 and finest known in the Noyes census, his photo #20089. Bland says EF45 and tied for CC#1. Our grade is AU55. The obverse is plated in the 1991 Noyes reference to show the latest die state. The attribution and Doug Bird Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; none finer. (PCGS # 36029) Value $12,000 - UP
Ex Sotheby's (London) 10/1987:353-William P. (Billy) Paul (American Heritage Minting) 10/21/1987-Douglas F. Bird Collection.
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