Lot 48
1796 S-83 R4 Liberty Cap. PCGS graded MS-62 Brown. Glossy dark steel brown with lighter brown and chocolate toning covering about half of each side. The fields and protected areas are covered with frosty underlying mint luster. The only marks are a tiny splash of darker olive brown toning at the top of ER in LIBERTY and a small rim nick at the top of the cap plus another at NI in UNITED. Otherwise the surfaces are choice and the fields are slightly prooflike on both sides. MDS, Breen state II, with a die crack through the tops of ERTY to the rim at both ends. Called AU55 and tied for CC#1 honors in the Bland census. Noyes says AU55 net EF45 (reason for deduction not stated) and tied for CC#3, photo #25358. Our grade is AU55. The attribution and Paul Gerrie provenance are shown on the PCGS label. Pop 2; none finer at PCGS. Tied for the Finest graded at the service .
Estimated Value $35,000-UP.
Ex Anderson Dupont, Stack’s 9/24/1954:112-Dorothy Paschal-Myles Z. Gerson-Charles E. Harrison (via Doug Bird) 5/1996-Dr. Phil Ralls 5/2/1997-Jack Wadlington (via Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley) 6/30/2005-Dan Holmes, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/6/2009:136-Chris McCawley 2/2010-Paul Gerrie.
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| Realized $74,750 |
