Lot 31
1794 S-52 R6-. PCGS graded VF-30. The obverse is a choice glossy medium brown and chocolate with steel brown toning on the highpoints. The reverse is glossy reddish brown with light olive and steel brown highpoints and a swipe of darker olive brown toning at F-AM. The surfaces are smooth, free of corrosion or verdigris. There is a small dig high on the neck, a long horizontal nick at the bottom of the cap, and a light rim bruise at AT in STATES. LDS, Breen state II, with a strong die crack from the rim down through the cap into the hair at the back of the head. Second finest known in both census lists. Bland says net VF20 while Noyes says VF25 net F15, his photo #27616. Our grade is F15+. The obverse is plated in Frossard-Hays, Elder-Gilbert, Early American Cents, Penny Whimsy, and the Morley grading guide for the cents of 1794. Both sides are plated in the 1923 Chapman reference on the cents of 1794. H-6 (Hays-6) is neatly penned onto the edge in yellowish-white ink in two different places. Comes with an all-star provenance, as you might expect for such an important cent. The attribution and Paul Gerrie provenance are shown on the PCGS label. Pop 1; the Finest graded at PCGS .
Estimated Value $35,000-UP.
Ex Dr. Edward Maris-W. W. Hays 1900-Charles Steigerwalt 1906-Charles G. Zug-Lyman Low 3/1907:9-Ebenezer Gilbert-Thomas L. Elder #44, 10/1910:9-H. O. Granberg-William H. Woodin-The United States Coin Co. 5/1915:91-Henry C. Hines-Dr. William H. Sheldon-Dorothy Paschal-John W. Adams, Bowers & Ruddy FPL 1982:47-Denis Loring 5/7/1983-Jack Robinson, Superior 1/29/1989:92-J. R. Frankenfield, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/17/2001:253-Jack Wadlington (via Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley) 6/30/2005-Dan Holmes, McCawley & Grellman/Goldbergs 9/6/2009:85-Paul Gerrie.
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| Realized $49,450 |
