Lot 54
1798 S-164 R4 Style I Hair with Small 8. PCGS graded MS-62 Brown. CAC Approved. Mint state sharpness but very lightly cleaned long ago and now retoned a very attractive and quite natural looking glossy light chocolate and medium brown with satiny mint frost covering the reverse fields. No notable spots, stains, or other defects. The eye appeal is excellent. MDS, Breen state IV, with obvious die roughness on the obverse, especially in the field before the portrait. Called Mint State sharpness net AU50 and CC#2 in the Noyes and Bland census lists, Noyes photo #21132. Our grade is AU55. The Naftzger envelope, which accompanies the lot, shows Ted considered this to be the finest example of the variety. Comes with a long provenance of distinguished numismatists. The attribution and Paul Gerrie provenance are shown on the PCGS label. Pop 2; none finer at PCGS .
Estimated Value $10,000-UP.
Ex Edouard Frossard 9/1878-unknown-Burdette G. Johnson-Mary Hedgcock Sheffield-Hans M. F. Schulman 4/1951:1115-C. Douglas Smith 1958-Louis Helfenstein, Lester Merkin 8/14/1964:15-Richard Picker-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/14/2008:176-Chris McCawley 9/2008-Paul Gerrie.
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| Realized $31,050 |
