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Finest Known S-180 Rarity
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1798 S-180 R5+ Style II Hair, Small 8. PCGS graded AU-50.
Glossy
medium chocolate brown and steel. No spots or stains, only a few contact
marks. The notable ones are a very dull vertical scratch near the dentils
left of the hair ribbon, a smaller scratch under the Y in LIBERTY, and a
couple hairlines around CENT. None of these marks is distracting and the
eye appeal is quite nice. MDS, Breen state III. There is a cud break at ATE
in STATES that touches the E and a die crack from the bust tip to the rim.
This is the plate coin for the variety in the 1991 Noyes reference. Graded
VF35 and CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #20523. Bland says VF35
and CC#1.
Our grade is VF35 as well
. The attribution and Naftzger-Reyn-
olds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 1; none finer at
PCGS for the variety
(PCGS # 36107)
Estimated Value.......................................................................... $20,000-UP
Ex “Consignment C from New York”-Hollinbeck Stamp & Coin Co. #10,
6/1951:1513-C. Douglas Smith 1961-Dorothy Paschal-Dr. William H. Shel-
don 4/19/1972-R. E. Naftzger Jr., 2/23/1992-Eric Streiner 4/5/1992 (Naftzger
collection envelope included).