Lot 60
1796 S-82 R5 Liberty Cap. PCGS graded AU-53. CAC Approved. Choice glossy dark chocolate brown and steel with frosty lighter brown toning in protected areas. Smooth and very attractive. Traces of satiny mint luster show on both sides, especially on the reverse. The surfaces are perfectly smooth and display only a few marks. The notable ones are a horizontal nick hidden in the hair left of the forehead, a tiny planchet flake just right of the earlobe, and another shallow flake at the dentils over the upright of the D in UNITED. MDS, Breen state I late, with faint die clashmarks on both sides but no hint of a bulge right of the F in OF. ONE CENT is strongly struck, which is another plus. Graded VF35 net VF30 and tied for CC#4 honors in the Noyes census, his photo #60626. Our grade is VF35+, very close to EF40. The attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label. Pop 1; none finer at PCGS for the variety. Only 2 examples graded at PCGS (PCGS # 35753) .
Estimated Value $15,000-UP.
Ex Heritage 10/23/2008:65.
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