Lot 565
1798 S-176 R4 Style II Hair, Small 8. PCGS graded VF-35. Choice glossy medium brown and light chocolate. The only mark is a rather large spot of slightly darker chocolate brown toning in the field before the face. This cent was struck on a planchet that was not perfectly round, and it has areas of diagonal reeding (Breen's planchet type V). M-LDS, Breen state VI. The die scaling at the first S in STATES is clear and a bulge shows at TES-OF-A. Called VF25 and tied for CC#8 in the Bland census. Noyes says VF30 net VF20 and tied for CC#6, his photo #23934. Our grade is VF30. The attribution and Ralls provenance are shown on the PCGS label. Comes with a nice provenance. Pop 1; 1 finer in 50. (PCGS # 36098) .
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex Henry C. Hines-Homer K. Downing, 1952 ANA Sale, New Netherlands Coin Co. #38, 8/18/1952:1830-C. Douglas Smith-Dr. Philip W. Ralls.
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