Lot 164
1798 S-167 R1 Style II Hair, Large 8. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. Beautiful lustrous medium chocolate and olive brown with a couple tiny peeps of faded mint color on the reverse. Satiny mint frost covers this cent extending to even the highest points of the devices. No spots or stains, virtually flawless. The best identifying marks, and they are barely visible with a glass, are two small ticks on the upright of the F in OF and a microscopic tick in the center of the upright of the T in CENT. E-MDS, Breen state II. The fields are covered with fresh die lapping lines and the chips slanting from the base of the E in UNITED are very light, strongest at the leaves under the O in OF. Struck slightly off center to K-10. Graded MS60 net AU55 (reason for deduction unknown) and tied for CC#3 in the Noyes census, his photo #27789. Bland says MS60, tied for CC#1. Our grade is MS63. The attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label. Pop 1; none finer at PCGS for the variety (PCGS # 36071) .
Estimated Value $20,000-UP.
Ex Clinton W. Erickson 4/1985-Robert E. Matthews, Superior 5/28/1989:327 (lot ticket included).
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