Lot 146
1794 S-38 R5 PCGS Genuine, VF Details, Environmental Damage. Glossy steel brown and light chocolate fading to darker olive brown in the fields and protected areas. The surfaces look decent to the unaided eye but a glass reveals very shallow roughness on all but the highpoints, which are smooth. No verdigris. The notable marks are a dull rim nick just left of the date, a rim bruise at the second S in STATES, and another minor rim bruise at the I in AMERICA. The date and legends are complete and clear. LDS, Breen state I (the two Breen states are reversed in our opinion). The smaller lump in the field behind the portrait (the one closest to the dentils) is faint, and the reverse is rotated 35 degrees CW from a normal head-to-foot orientation. Our grade is F15 sharpness net VG8+, close to VG10. The attribution is shown on the PCGS label.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Steve Chapman 6/1/2007-Chuck Furjanic.
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