Lot 638
1796 NC-1 R6 Draped Bust. VG-8. Sharpness F12 but microscopic roughness covers the fields and protected areas while the highpoints are reasonably smooth. There is a speck of reddish brown verdigris in the field off the chin plus a few trivial marks. These include extremely faint hairlines on the portrait, a pair of fine vertical scratches on the right edge of the obverse, and a dull mark over the C in AMERICA. Rather glossy chocolate brown with darker olive and steel toning in protected areas, especially on the reverse. The date is easily readable although the bottom of the 6 is starting to fade into the rim below, and the legends are clear. EDS, Breen state I, before any die cracks. Called VG8 and tied for CC#4 in the Bland census. Noyes says F12 net VG7 and tied for CC#6, his photo #22000. Only 2 examples are known grading better than VG, and both of those piece are sharper with significant defects. This is a tough variety to find nice.
Estimated Value $1,500-UP.
Ex Paul Padget, 1981 EAC Sale 5/81:102-Dr. C. R. Chambers-Dennis Mendelson-Henry T. Hettger, Superior 8/3/95:11.
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