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1798 S-169 R3 Style II Hair, Small 8. PCGS
graded EF-45.
Glossy medium to dark chocolate
brown and steel. Smooth and attractive, void
of any hint of corrosion or verdigris. The only
notable marks are a very light and barely visible
rim bruise left of the upper end of the hair ribbon
and a faint diagonal hairline scratch through the 9.
M-LDS, Breen state IV, with obvious bulges off the
dentil tips over LIBERTY extending to the dentil
tips before the face. The obverse is slightly mis-
aligned to the bottom while the reverse is properly
centered on the planchet. A nice example of a va-
riety that is very difficult to find in higher grades
and is unknown in mint state. Graded XF40 net
VF35 and tied for CC#6 in the Noyes census, his
photo #60628.
Our grade is VF35
. The attribution
and Reynolds provenance are shown on the PCGS
Secure label.
Pop 2; 1 finer in MS61 at PCGS for
the variety
(PCGS # 36077)
Estimated Value.................................... $2,500-UP
Ex George Harrison-Harbor Coin 12/2008.
168
1798 S-169 R3 Style II Hair, Small 8. PCGS graded Mint Error
Fine-15.
Double Struck over an Off-Center Obverse Brockage.
Attractive glossy medium chocolate brown and steel with smooth
surfaces and excellent eye appeal. The only marks are a thin vertical
nick on the shoulder and a small pinprick in the field close to the
upper end of the hair ribbon. Double struck over an obverse brock-
age impression. The first strike was an obverse brockage slightly
off center to K-6. The second strike was properly centered with the
reverse struck over the incuse obverse brockage. The second strike
was rotated about 20 degrees CCW relative to the first. Much of
the undertype from the first strike shows on both sides, and three
complete dates are visible (two normal ones on the obverse and
one incuse one on the reverse at STAT). A really great example of
a multiple mint error.
Our grade is VG10+, very close to F12
. The
attribution, Double Struck feature, and C. D. Smith-Reynolds prov-
enance are shown on the PCGS Secure label
(PCGS # 36077)
Estimated Value................................................................ $1,000-UP
Ex C. Douglas Smith-Dr. Robert A. Schuman, McCawley & Grell-
man Auctions/Superior 9/5/2004:382-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr.,
McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/19/2010:393-Adam
Mervis, Heritage 1/10/2014:2666 (includes the Holmes lot ticket and
collection envelope).