Lot 109
1794 C-5a R4+ Liberty Cap, Head Right EF45. Small Edge Letters. Choice frosty medium chocolate brown. A fantastic piece for the grade offering outstanding eye appeal. Nearly flawless with satiny fields and sharply impressed devices. The only defects, and they are microscopic, are a few very tiny planchet chips around LIBERTY (as struck) and a light vertical scratch through the Y in LIBERTY into the field below where it fades away. A good identifying mark is a very tiny planchet chip under the L in LIBERTY. EDS, Manley state 1.0, without any die clashmarks. The dies are close to a perfect head-to-foot alignment, perhaps 5 degrees CCW. A premium half cent and a highlight of the Davy II offering. Clearly near the top of the condition census, which contains no mint state examples. CC#4 in the Spurlock census. Weight 106.6 grains. Davy #94.5.3.
Estimated Value $15,000-UP.
Ex Harlan P. Smith, S. H. & H. Chapman 5/8/1906-Elmer S. Sears-unknown-James A. Stack, Sr., Stack's 11/29/1989:27.
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