Lot 181
1798 S-174 R2 Style II Hair, Small 8 PCGS graded MS63 Brown. Frosty medium olive brown and steel with traces of lighter reddish steel brown faded down from mint color in protected areas on the reverse. The surfaces are lustrous and there is no wear, only a few minor marks. The notable marks are a microscopic planchet fissure that meanders through the date and lowest curl (as struck), a dull diagonal nick low on the neck, a barely visible lightly smoothed rim bruise left of the upper end of the hair ribbon, and faint traces of microscopic roughness at RICA. None of these marks is visible without the aid of a good glass and the eye appeal of this cent is excellent. M-LDS, Breen state IV, with obvious die clashmarks on both sides. The reverse is rotated 15 degrees clockwise. Both sides of this cent are plated in the 1991 Noyes reference, and the reverse is plated in Dr. Sheldon's Early American Cents. Graded MS60 net AU50 and tied for CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo #23933. Del Bland says AU55 and tied for CC#1 honors. Our grade is net AU50+. Comes with a nice provenance. The attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label. Pop 1; 1 finer in 64 at PCGS for the variety. Estimate Value $15,000 - UP
Ex Charles F. Dunston, Thomas L. Elder 1/1931:1196-Carl Wurtzbach-Charles Wheeler, 1976 ANA Sale (Stack's) lot 351-Fred Sweeney Rare Coins-Kenneth M. Goldman 8/1977-Denis Loring 8/1977-Myles Z. Gerson-Bertram Cohen 3/1982-G. Lee Kuntz, Superior 10/6/1991:195-Tom Reynolds Collection (includes the Kuntz collection envelope and lot ticket).
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