Lot 155
1798 S-163 R4 Style I Hair, Small 8. PCGS graded EF-45. CAC Approved. Frosty dark steel brown on the highpoints with tan and light steel brown toning covering the protected areas on both sides. An attractive cent with only a few light contact marks, the notable ones being a faint diagonal hairline scratch in the field before the face, a tiny rim bruise at the L in LIBERTY, and a tiny pinprick under the left foot of the first A in AMERICA. MDS, Breen state V. All the die cracks described by Breen are present but light. Graded VF30 Choice and tied for CC#1 honors with the ANS coin in the Noyes census, his photo #27802. Bland says VF30 and tied for CC#1 with the ANS example. Our grade is VF30+. Both sides of this cent are plated in the 1991 Noyes reference. The attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label. Pop 1; none finer at PCGS for the variety (PCGS # 36053) .
Estimated Value $10,000-UP.
Ex New England Rare Coin Auctions, 3/1979:638-Gordon Wrubel 5/1979-Denis Loring 1/15/1980-Dr. Thomas S. Chalkley, Superior 1/28/1990:352-J. R. Frankenfield, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/17/2001:407-Jack Wadlington (via Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley) 6/30/2005-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/6/2009:298-Terry Denman 5/2014.
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| Realized $15,275 |
