Lot 191
1798 S-185 R2 Style II Hair, Small 8 PCGS graded AU55, CAC Approved. Frosty tan and light steel brown with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. There is a puff of dark steel toning in the field over the bust, another left of the L in LIBERTY, and a third along the dentil tips at D-ST. Satiny mint luster covers the fields and protected areas on both sides. The notable marks are a horizontal pin scratch in the field off the bottom edge of the chin and a small planchet void (as struck) within the dark puff left of the L. MDS, Breen state V, with fine cracks in the field before the portrait plus a radial crack through the Y into the forehead. Graded EF45 net VF35 and tied for CC#4 in the Noyes census, his photo #27634. Bland says EF45 net VF35 as well but tied for CC#5 in his census. Our grade is AU50 net EF40. The attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label. Pop 2; 1 finer in 58+ at PCGS for the variety. Estimate Value $4,000 - UP
Ex New Netherlands Coin Co. FPL #37, 9/1937-Arthur A. Wells, 1981 ANA Sale (Bowers & Ruddy), lot 2736-New England Rare Coin Gallery-Mike Powell 8/1988-Ed Hipps 8/1988.
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