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Breen Plate Coin For S-169
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1798 S-169 R3 Style II Hair, Small 8. PCGS graded MS-61
Brown.
Frosty uniform medium steel brown and light chocolate.
Satiny mint luster covers the fields and protected areas on both
sides. No spots, stains, or friction on the highpoints of the devices.
Essentially a sharp mint state cent that has numerous small nicks
on the face plus a few more hidden in the hair to the left and a line
of contact marks in the field above the hair ribbon. MDS, Breen
state III, showing a small cud break under the 98 and a line of
swelling over IBER. Sharp doubling is visible on the hair ribbon.
The reverse of this cent is plated in
Penny Whimsy
and both sides
are plated in the Breen encyclopedia to illustrate the die variety.
Graded net EF45 and tied for CC#2 behind the ANS example in
the Noyes census, his photo #23147. Bland says AU50 and tied
for CC#2.
Our grade is net AU50
. The attribution and Reynolds
provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 1; none finer
at PCGS for the variety
(PCGS # 36077)
Estimated Value ...............................................................$10,000-UP
Ex Homer K. Downing, 1952 ANA Sale, New Netherlands Coin Co.
#38, lot 1820-C. Douglas Smith-Dr. Robert A. Schuman, McCawley
& Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/25/2003:460 (Superior lot ticket
included).