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1798 S-186 R2 Style II Hair, Small 8. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown.
CAC APPROVED
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Choice lustrous uniform tan and light steel brown.
This cent offers exceptional eye appeal in every respect. The only marks
are some microscopic ticks and low spots on the jaw and neck, none
visible without a strong glass. The best identifying mark is a small swipe
of slightly darker medium brown toning at F-A. Sharply struck MDS+,
Breen state VII. There is a small cud break connecting the two 0’s in the
denominator to the rim below and a die crack from that first 0 to the
end of the left stem. This is a beautiful cent and it is the plate coin for the
die variety in
Penny Whimsy
and in the 1991 Noyes reference. Graded
MS65 Choice and CC#1 by a full 20 points in the Noyes census, his photo
#20917. Bland says MS63 and CC#1 by 18 points.
Our grade is MS63+,
close to MS64.
The attribution and Naftzger-Reynolds provenance are
noted on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 1; none finer at PCGS for the
variety (PCGS # 36125)
Estimated Value........................................................................ $30,000-UP
Ex England-New Netherlands Coin Co. (privately) 4/9/1949-C. Doug-
las Smith 1/1957-Dr. William H. Sheldon 4/19/1972-R. E. Naftzger, Jr.
2/23/1992-Eric Streiner-Jay Parrino (The Mint) 3/1997 (includes the Naf-
tzger collection envelope on which he indicates his grade of MS70).