Lot 515
1798 S-159 R3 Style I Hair, Small 8 VF20. Sharpness VF35 but very lightly burnished long ago and expertly recolored a very attractive glossy chocolate brown and olive. A couple dozen microscopic pits are scattered over the portrait, but it takes a glass to see them. A dull rim nick right of the Y in LIBERTY and a scuff on the dentils left of that L are the only significant contact marks. M-LDS, Breen state VI. The branch crack to the L in LIBERTY extends clearly through the tops of the adjacent I & B and the reverse is now rotated 35 degrees CCW. Called net VF25 and tied for CC#7 in the Bland census. Noyes says VF35 net VF20 and tied for CC#8, his photo #24324. Comes with a nice provenance.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Henry C. Hines-Homer K. Downing, 1952 ANA Sale, New Netherlands Coin Co. #38, 8/18/1952:1806-C. Douglas Smith-Darwin B. Palmer, Jr. 1973-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/1986:224 (lot ticket included)-Dr. Philip W. Ralls.
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