Lot 567
1796 S-83 R4. VF-20. Liberty Cap. Glossy chocolate brown with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints and lighter brown toning in protected areas, especially on the obverse. The surfaces are smooth and show only a few marks, including a splash of darker toning in the field off the chin, a rim bruise left of the lower curls, and a rim nick at ER in LIBERTY. MDS, Breen state II, with a strong die crack through the top of ERTY. Called VF25 net F15 and tied for CC#8 in the Noyes census, his photo #26801. Bland says F15 and tied for CC#11 in his census. Removed from an NGC slab graded VF35BN (NGC label included, and it shows the attribution and Reiver provenance).
Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000.
Ex Bob Pugliese (Colonial Stamp & Coin)-Darwin B. Palmer, Jr.-Jules Reiver, Heritage 1/24/06:19256.
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| Realized $3,450 |
