Lot 177
1798 S-172 R2 Style II Hair, Small 8 PCGS graded AU55+, CAC Approved. Attractive glossy chocolate brown and steel with traces of lighter steel brown toning in protected areas on both sides. Mint frost shows in the protected areas, particularly on the reverse. Just a bit of rub on the highpoints from mint state. The surfaces are smooth and this cent is choice except for a few contact marks. The notable ones are a thin nick on the throat and a very dull, barely visible scrape under the eye into the field before the face. Rare LDS, Breen state VI, with a strong cud break connecting ICA to the rim. Graded AU55 net EF45 and tied for CC#3 overall but tied for finest of the late state in the Noyes census, his photo #21717. Bland says AU50 and tied for CC#5. Our grade is net EF45+. The attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label. Pop 1; 5 finer at PCGS for the variety, 1 in 58, 3 in 63, 1 in 63+. Estimate Value $4,000 - UP
Ex Carl Wurtzbach-Dr. William H. Sheldon-Dorothy I. Paschal 11/1976-Denis Loring 12/1976-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992-Eric Streiner 4/5/1992-Tom Reynolds Collection (includes the Paschal collection envelope that also served as the Naftzger collection envelope).
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| Realized $5,640 |
