Lot 226
1799/8 S-188 R4 Overdate 9 over 8 PCGS Genuine, Tooled. Sharpness VF30 or better and it looks great to the unaided eye, but a glass reveals that the devices on the obverse are covered with very fine parallel scratches from NE to SW. Otherwise the only mark is a dull diagonal nick or planchet chip at the top of the E in CENT. Rather glossy light chocolate brown and steel with darker chocolate and olive brown toning in the fields and protected areas. Sharply struck MDS, Breen state III, with clashmarks from dentils at ERICA. Struck very slightly off center to K-4.5 leaving a few of the dentils off the planchet. The date is bold, the overdate is obvious, and the legends are strong. Not perfect but still quite nice, certainly one of the sharpest examples known of this very tough overdate. Graded VF25 net F15 by Del Bland. Our grade is VF30 sharpness net F15. The attribution is shown on the PCGS label.
Estimated Value $15,000-UP.
Ex New Netherlands Coin Co. #51, 6/1958:279-Hollinbeck Coin Co., 1964 ANA Sale, Federal Brand Enterprises, lot 72-Hollinbeck Kagin Coin Co. MBS #285, 9/1969:986-Hollinbeck Kagin Coin Co.-Kagin's Numismatic Auctions #310, 10/1977:52-Kagin's-unknown-1995 ANA Sale, Heritage 8/17/1995:5582-Gary Parietti-Ronald Cooper 7/14/1996-Colonel Steven Ellsworth-2009 EAC Sale, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 4/18/2009:142.
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