Lot 17
1794 S-28 R2 PCGS graded Mint State-63+ Brown. Lustrous medium chocolate and chestnut brown with satiny mint frost covering the fields on both sides. Looks mint state with outstanding eye appeal (hence the outstanding grade assigned by PCGS), but there is a hint of very light friction on the highest points of the hair. The only marks are a thin vertical nick at the left end of the eyebrow, a tiny tick on the jawline near the ear, a pair of very tiny rim nicks just left of the fraction, and a speck of dark toning on the upper seriph of the C in CENT. Nicely struck early die state but not quite the earliest, Breen state I late or II early. A faint radial die crack extends from the dentils opposite the neck into the field halfway to the neck, but the thin die line from the dentils right of STATES is clear. Called MS60 and tied for CC#1 in the Bland census. Noyes says AU55 Choice and CC#4 in his census of confirmed examples, photo #34001. Either way this is a beautiful early cent. Our grade is AU58, very close to MS60. The attribution and Paul Gerrie provenance are noted on the PCGS label. Pop 1; 1 finer in 65.
Estimated Value $50,000-UP.
Ex Dennis E. Steinmetz 10/5/1989-Doug Bird 1/1995-Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz-Chris McCawley 6/1995-G. Lee Kuntz-Chris McCawley-Walter Husak, Heritage 2/15/2008:2030-Paul Gerrie.
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| Realized $36,800 |
