Lot 640
1796 NC-4 R5+ Draped Bust. VG-10. Glossy chocolate and steel. The surfaces are almost completely smooth but there are a couple small patches of microscopic roughness on the obverse. One of these is in the field left of the bottom of the hair ribbon and the other is hidden in the hair left of the neck. Only minor contact marks, including some faint hairlines on the portrait, a tiny rim nick opposite the base of the neck, a dull scratch down through the O in OF, and a scuff of hairline scratches under the left side of the fraction. All these marks blend into the attractive glossy toning and the eye appeal of this piece is nice for the grade. EDS, Breen state I, before the die crack at TES. This is the Breen plate coin for the variety. Called VG10 and tied for finest known honors in the Breen/Bland condition census. Noyes says VG10 net VG7 and tied for CC#5, his photo #28803. Removed from a PCGS slab graded F12 (old green PCGS label included).
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex Dr. Jasper Robertson-French's #90, 3/18/67:539a-C. Douglas Smith 1970-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/86:133-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 1/27/96:139-Joseph Renzi.
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