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1793 S-8
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1793 S-8 R3 Wreath Cent PCGS graded VF20
. Variety
with a Vine & Bars Edge. Choice glossy dark chocolate
brown and steel. The surfaces are smooth and the only
marks are a rim bruise under the 7 in the date, a few fine
scratches hidden in the toning at TES-OF, and a pair of tiny
planchet chips on the left side of the fraction. LDS, Breen
state III. The diagonal die crack on the reverse is strong
and swelling shows along the crack inside the wreath. The
date and legends are complete and strong. Struck very
slightly off center to K-6 affecting some of the border beads
but none of the legends.
Our grade is F12.
Estimated Value .............................................. $6,000-UP
229
1793 S-8 R3 Wreath Cent PCGS Genuine, Fine Details
Tooled
. Variety with a Vine & Bars Edge. Sharpness F12 but
covered with fine to moderate porosity that was partially
scraped away on the obverse while the reverse was mostly left
untouched. The only "improvement" on the reverse was some
light scraping under TATES and around AMERICA. No verdigris
or other contact marks. The obverse is mostly medium choco-
late brown with dark olive brown and steel in protected areas.
The reverse is mostly dark olive brown and steel with lighter
chocolate on the highpoints. The date and legends are com-
plete and easily readable.
Our grade is net G4.
Estimated Value .................................................... $1,000-UP
S
HARP
1793 S-9 W
REATH
C
ENT
230
1793 S-9 R2 Wreath Cent PCGS graded XF40
. Variety
with a Vine & Bars Edge. Choice glossy medium brown and
light chocolate. Sharply struck and nicely centered on a
flawless planchet. The only defects are minor contact
marks scattered over the obverse, none notable. The best
identifying marks are two tiny pinpricks just left of the O in
ONE, but it takes a good glass to see them. MDS, Breen
state VI, with a die crack from the dentils through CA and
the stem to the ribbon and another from the fraction bar
through the tip of the ribbon to the U in UNITED. A very
nice Wreath Cent that offers excellent eye appeal.
Our
grade is VF30.
Estimated Value .............................................$10,000-UP
N
ICE
1793 S-9 C
ENT
231
1793 S-9 R2 Wreath Cent VF20
. Variety with a Vine &
Bars Edge. Ten points sharper but darkly toned with
extremely faint roughness well hidden under a glossy dark
olive and chocolate patina. Looks smooth to the unaided
eye but there are traces of shallow verdigris in protected
areas. Sharply struck with nice eye appeal. The only marks
are a tiny rim bruise left of the middle curls and a rim nick
at RI in AMERICA. EDS, Breen state I. Struck very slightly
off center to K-9 leaving some border beads very tight to
the edge of the planchet.
Estimated Value .............................................. $6,000-UP
232
1793 S-10 R4 Wreath Cent PCI graded VF20, Surface
Damage
. Variety with a Vine & Bars Edge. Dark steel brown
and olive with lighter steel brown toning on the highpoints.
Appears to have been cleaned and retoned. The notable marks
are a small dig or planchet chip near the rim before the neck
and a few dull nicks on the rim over LIBERTY. The date and leg-
ends are complete and easily readable. LDS with obvious die
failure at the dentils before the face.
Our grade is VG8+
sharpness net VG7.
Estimated Value .................................................... $1,500-UP
233
1793 S-10 R4 Wreath Cent Fair-2
. Variety with a Vine &
Bars Edge. Clipped Planchet. Sharpness at least G6 on the
obverse but the planchet is covered with light to moderate cor-
rosion mixed with planchet striations, strongest on the reverse.
Slightly glossy medium chocolate brown blending to darker
chocolate on the reverse. There are a few light scratches hidden
in the roughness but no verdigris. The 179 in the date is clear
but the 3 is quite faint. Later die state with obvious die failure at
the dentils before the face. The major feature of this cent is a
rather large curved planchet clip behind the lower half of the
portrait, as struck. Major planchet clips are rarely seen on 1793
cents.
Estimated Value .......................................................$400-UP
234
1793 S-10 R4 Wreath Cent Basal State-1+
. Variety with a
Vine & Bars Edge. Several points sharper but covered with mod-
erate porosity. No marks or verdigris. The roughness weakens
and distorts the designs but the date remains readable as does
much of the legend on the reverse. Medium brown and light
chocolate fading to darker reddish chocolate in protected areas.
Close to Fair-2.
Estimated Value .......................................................$300-UP
