Lot 33
1794 S-19b R4 Head of 1793 with Edge of 1794. VF-35. Slightly sharper with traces of extremely fine porosity in the field at LIBERTY and a half dozen very tiny ticks around the eye and nose, none at all distracting. Glossy dark steel and chocolate brown. MDS with the usual minor swelling and die roughness in the field under the cap. Called VF35 and tied for CC#4 in the Bland census. Noyes says EF45 net VF30 and tied for CC#4, his photo #25105. One of the slightly finer examples is impounded in the ANS Museum. The reverse was illustrated in the 1923 monograph on 1794 cents published by S. H. Chapman. The reverse was incorrectly illustrated over lot #7 in the Bowers FPL of the John Adams collection in 1982. DWH #0016.
Estimated Value $15,000-UP.
Ex H. Rogers-S. K. Harzfeld #16, 1/1881:203-unknown-Ed. Frossard #25, 11/1882:153-Ed. Frossard Collection-Ed. Frossard #37, 10/1884:851-T. Harrison Garrett-Johns Hopkins University, privately 3/73-John W. Adams-Bowers & Ruddy FPL 1982:6-Bowers & Ruddy RCR #46, 12/82-Bowers & Merena RCR #48, 6/83-Denis Loring 4/85-Del Bland 5/13/86-Herman Halpern, Stack's 3/16/88:21-Tony Terranova 1/30/89.
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