Lot 142
1796 S-88 R4 Liberty Cap. VF-25 Plus. Close to VF30 sharpness but there is a small spot of shallow verdigris in the field just left of the cap and a few minor contact marks, including a tiny vertical hairline scratch left of the 6 in the date and another that skips down through the O in ONE to the left ribbon bow below. Otherwise the surfaces and eye appeal of this example are excellent. Glossy medium brown and light chocolate with steel brown highpoints and frosty lighter brown in protected areas. EDS, Breen state I, before the die crack through the 7 and shoulder loop. The obverse fields are hard and slightly reflective which adds to the eye appeal. Called VF35 net VF25 and tied for CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo #25038. Bland says VF20 and tied for CC#7, but his grade is tentative pending an inspection of the coin rather than a photograph. Removed from a PCGS slab graded XF45 (PCGS label included, and it shows the attribution and Husak provenance). PCGS Population 1; The only example graded at PCGS for the variety. DWH #3478.
Estimated Value $15,000-UP.
Ex Maurice Storck-Kagin’s 1/86:4144-Wes Rasmussen, Heritage 1/13/05:3100-Walter Husak, Heritage 2/15/08:2089.
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