Lot 158
1796 S-96 R6 Draped Bust. VG-10 Plus. Plated in Early American Cents, Penny Whimsy, and Breen. Discovery coin. Five points sharper but covered with extremely fine granularity. No verdigris and only a few minor contact marks. These include two dull rim nicks before the eye and a dull rim bruise at TE in UNITED. Steel brown and chocolate with some darker live brown toning in protected areas of the reverse. The devices are rather glossy while the fields and protected areas are closer to matte. The date and legends are all strong. LDS, Breen state II. The bisecting reverse die crack is obvious to the unaided eye. This is the discovery coin for the variety and the reverse is plated in Early American Cents and Penny Whimsy. Both sides are plated in the Breen book to illustrate the late die state. Called VG10 and tied for CC#3 in the Breen/Bland census. Noyes says F12 net VG7 and tied for CC#8, his photo #28450. DWH #3043.
Estimated Value $20,000-UP.
Ex Henry C. Hines-Dr. William H. Sheldon-Dorothy Paschal 8/77-John D. Wright 1/18/06-Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley 4/3/06.
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| Realized $21,850 |
