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Off-Center S-162
Finest Available S-163
154
1798 S-162 R4 Style I Hair, Small 8. PCGS graded VF-35.
Off
Center. Rather glossy dark steel brown and chocolate. No corro-
sion or verdigris, only minor contact marks, none significant.
A small rim nick under the 9 and a thin nick over the right
top of the E in LIBERTY are good identifying marks, but they
are barely visible. MDS, Breen state II, showing die cracks and
minor swelling in the field behind the portrait. Struck 5% off
center to K-4 leaving the bottom edge of the 8 tight to the edge
of the planchet. Noyes graded F15 and tied for CC#12 overall
but finest of those known with an off-center strike, his photo
#41015.
Our grade is VF20
. The attribution, Off Center feature,
and Reynolds provenance are shown on the PCGS Secure
label.
Pop 1; 3 finer in EF45 at PCGS for the variety
(PCGS #
36050)
Estimated Value ...........................................................$4,000-UP
Ex Coin Galleries of Oyster Bay 8/2003-Brett Dudek 3/2012.
155
1798 S-163 R4 Style I Hair, Small 8. PCGS graded EF-45.
CAC APPROVED
. Frosty dark steel brown on the high-
points with tan and light steel brown toning covering the pro-
tected areas on both sides. An attractive cent with only a few
light contact marks, the notable ones being a faint diagonal
hairline scratch in the field before the face, a tiny rim bruise
at the L in LIBERTY, and a tiny pinprick under the left foot
of the first A in AMERICA. MDS, Breen state V. All the die
cracks described by Breen are present but light. Graded VF30
Choice and tied for CC#1 honors with the ANS coin in the
Noyes census, his photo #27802. Bland says VF30 and tied
for CC#1 with the ANS example.
Our grade is VF30+
. Both
sides of this cent are plated in the 1991 Noyes reference. The
attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS
Secure label.
Pop 1; none finer at PCGS for the variety
(PCGS # 36053)
Estimated Value .................................................... $10,000-UP
Ex New England Rare Coin Auctions, 3/1979:638-Gordon
Wrubel 5/1979-Denis Loring 1/15/1980-Dr. Thomas S. Chalk-
ley, Superior 1/28/1990:352-J. R. Frankenfield, McCawley &
Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/17/2001:407-Jack Wadlington
(via Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley) 6/30/2005-Daniel
W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs
9/6/2009:298-Terry Denman 5/2014.