Lot 154
1798 S-162 R4 Style I Hair, Small 8. PCGS graded VF-35. Off Center. Rather glossy dark steel brown and chocolate. No corrosion or verdigris, only minor contact marks, none significant. A small rim nick under the 9 and a thin nick over the right top of the E in LIBERTY are good identifying marks, but they are barely visible. MDS, Breen state II, showing die cracks and minor swelling in the field behind the portrait. Struck 5% off center to K-4 leaving the bottom edge of the 8 tight to the edge of the planchet. Noyes graded F15 and tied for CC#12 overall but finest of those known with an off-center strike, his photo #41015. Our grade is VF20. The attribution, Off Center feature, and Reynolds provenance are shown on the PCGS Secure label. Pop 1; 3 finer in EF45 at PCGS for the variety (PCGS # 36050) .
Estimated Value $4,000-UP.
Ex Coin Galleries of Oyster Bay 8/2003-Brett Dudek 3/2012.
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