Lot 40
1794 S-65 R1. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. Lustrous medium steel brown and chocolate with hints of reddish steel brown in protected areas on the reverse. No spots, corrosion, or contact marks, only microscopic pre-striking planchet chips that didn't completely smooth away when the cent was struck. The chips are concentrated on the forehead and upper hair and on the opposing lower right quadrant of the reverse because those areas were not as strongly struck as the rest of the coin (due to non-parallel die faces). The high points of the hair are softly struck and not fully defined but they retain their original mint frost. M-LDS, Breen state VI early, with numerous die cracks on both sides including a fine crack to the left from the bottom of the cap, but the small lump on the crack under the second S in STATES has not formed. Struck slightly off center to K-1 and the reverse is rotated 25 degrees CW from the normal head-to-foot die orientation. Graded MS60 net AU55 and tied for CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo #57154. Our grade is MS60. The attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label. Pop 1; none finer at PCGS for the variety (PCGS # 35654) .
Estimated Value $25,000-UP.
Ex Craig Whitford Numismatic Auctions 11/24/2001:1463-Jesse Lipka 11/2002.
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