Lot 338
1798 S-182 R4 Style II Hair with Small 8. AU-50. Sheldon and Breen Plate Coin. Glossy olive and dark steel brown with spots of darker olive toning in the left obverse field and frosty luster showing through in the fields and protected areas. Virtually flawless surfaces. A faint vertical hairline in the field left of the hair ribbon, a tiny planchet flake between the bust tip and the dentils, and another under the left foot of the N in ONE are the best identifying marks. Sharply struck MDS, Breen state II, with a single die clashmark under the chin. Called AU50 and CC#2 in the Bland census. Noyes says AU55 net EF45 and CC#2, photo #22923. The obverse is plated in Early American Cents and Penny Whimsy, and both sides are plated in the Breen book to illustrate the variety. DWH #2789.
Estimated Value $10,000-UP.
Ex Dr. George P. French, B. Max Mehl 1929 FPL, lot 231-Howard R. Newcomb-Carl Wurtzbach-Dr. William H. Sheldon-Dorothy Paschal-Gordon J. Wrubel 6/30/74-C. Douglas Smith-Dr. Robert A. Schuman, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/25/03:482-Jack Wadlington (via Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley) 6/30/05.
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| Realized $18,400 |
