Lot 477
1798 S-187 R1 Style II Hair, Small 8 PCGS graded MS62 Brown. Frosty medium to dark chocolate brown and steel with traces of lighter steel brown toning in protected areas, particularly on the reverse where there are hints of very faded mint color in a couple places. Sharply struck with satiny mint luster in the protected areas and excellent eye appeal. The surfaces appear perfect to the unaided eye, but a powerful glass reveals extremely faint roughness in the field behind the portrait. No verdigris and the only marks are a tiny planchet flake on the throat (as struck) and a shallow dent on the dentils over the O in OF. EDS, Breen state I. The two die cracks in the field before the portrait are light but visible and the reverse is uncracked with a single die clashmark. The reverse is rotated 25 degrees CCW. Graded AU55 net EF45 and tied for CC#7 in the Noyes census, his photo #27635. Our grade is AU55+ net AU50, but it has solid mint state eye appeal. The attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label. Pop 2; 1 finer in 65 at PCGS for the variety . Estimated Value $5,000-UP
Ex Tony Terranova-Herman Halpern, Stack's 3/16/1988:171-Tony Terranova 3/17/1988-Tom Reynolds Collection (lot ticket included).
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