Lot 274
1796 Liberty Cap Cent. . S-81, R3-. PCGS graded AU-50. Glossy dark steel brown with frosty lighter steel brown toning in protected areas. The surfaces are perfectly smooth and show only a few microscopic marks, virtually flawless for the grade. The best idenfitying marks are a short, microscopic hairline scratch in the field right of the Y in LIBERTY and a longer diagonal one through the E in ONE. Sharply struck EDS, Breen state I. ONE CENT is fully struck, which is quite unusual. Struck slightly off center to K-5 leaving a few dentils off the planchet. EAC grade VF35 and choice. The Walsh/Hesselgesser provenance is noted on the PCGS label. Pop 6; 20 finer for the entire date.
Estimated Value $4,000 - 8,000.
Ex Walsh-Dr. Hesselgesser.
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