Lot 526
1794 S-46 R3. VF-30. Choice glossy light chocolate brown. Smooth and virtually flawless, only a few trivial ticks on the obverse from perfect for the grade. The best identifying mark on this piece is on the edge where "Phs." (for Phelps) was carefully added in yellowish-white ink between HUNDRED and FOR. M-LDS, Breen state IV, with the small area between die cracks at the top of the 4 just starting to rise as a retained cud before finally breaking away completely (Breen's state V). A clear double profile shows on the nose. A cent with great eye appeal. Called VF30 and tied for CC#12 in the Bland census. Noyes says VF30 and tied for CC#10, his photo #36528. The obverse of this cent is plated in the 1893 Frossard/Hays monograph on the cents of 1794.
Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000.
Ex Henry Phelps 1901-Charles Stigerwalt-unknown-Harry H. Trackman, Stack's 12/4/84:1033-Joel Spingarn 4/23/93-Dr. Willard J. Carmel, Jr., Superior 9/7/97:166.
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