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Finest 1798/7 S-150
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1798 S-149 R4+ Style I Hair, Large 8. PCGS
graded VG-10.
Glossy medium chocolate
brown blending to darker chocolate in
protected areas. The surfaces are smooth,
which is unusual for this tough variety, and
the eye appeal is excellent. The only notable
mark is an old horizontal scratch in the field
before the lower lip. The date and legends
are complete and strong. Nicely struck EDS
Breen state I before any trace of a bulge at
S-OF-A. Graded F12 net VG10 and tied for
CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo #39214.
Our grade is VG10+ sharpness net VG10
.
The attribution and Reynolds provenance
are noted on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 2;
none finer at PCGS for the variety
(PCGS
# 36026)
Estimated Value........................... $5,000-UP
Ex Stephen Fischer and Don Valenziano
9/1999.
134
1798/7 S-150 R5 Overdate Small 8 over 7. PCGS graded EF-45+.
CAC
APPROVED
. Frosty steel and chocolate brown with lighter brown toning
in protected areas and darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. The
surfaces are smooth and attractive, free of any spots or stains, but there are
some light contact marks scattered over both sides. None of these marks
is distracting but there are a few too many to ignore. A small nick on the
nostril, another longer one on the forehead, and a vertical nick along the
left edge of the N in CENT are good identifying marks. LDS, Breen state
IV, with all the die cracks, clashmarks, and bulges mentioned by Breen. The
overdate feature is bold. A very nice example of this tough overdate variety.
This cent is plated in the 1931 Clapp reference on the cents of 1798 & 1799,
Early American Cents
,
Penny Whimsy
,
and in the 1991 Noyes reference.
Graded EF45 Choice and CC#1 by 10 points in the Noyes census, his photo
#21268. Bland says EF40 net VF35 and CC#1.
Our grade is EF40+ sharp-
ness net VF35+
. The attribution and Naftzger-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 # 35993)
Estimated Value .............................................................................$15,000-UP
Ex Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 2/7/1945:191-Dr.
William H. Sheldon 4/19/1972-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992-Eric Streiner-Jay
Parrino (The Mint)-Dr. Juan XII Suros, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Su-
perior 2/8/1999:7-Denis Loring 4/1999.