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1798 S-187 R1 Style II Hair, Small 8. PCGS graded AU-55.
Frosty dark chocolate brown and steel with generous traces
of very faded mint color showing in protected places on the
reverse. No roughness or verdigris, only minor contact marks.
The notable ones are a collection of light nicks in the field
over the upper end of the hair ribbon, a very shallow abrasion
hidden in the hair left of the eye, and some microscopic pin
scratches at the right foot of the second A in AMERICA. Nicely
struck E-MDS, Breen state II, with a fine die crack through the
top of CA to the second 0 in the denominator. Graded EF40
net VF30 and tied for CC#19 in the Noyes census, his photo
#27733. Bland says EF40.
Our grade is AU50 sharpness net
EF45
. The attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on
the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 1; 5 finer at PCGS for the variety,
2 in AU58, 2 in MS62, and 1 in MS65
(PCGS # 36128)
Estimated Value .......................................................... $4,000-UP
Ex Robert E. Matthews, Superior 5/28/1989:353 (lot ticket in-
cluded).
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1798 S-187 R1 Style II Hair, Small 8. PCGS graded EF-45.
CAC
APPROVED
. Glossy medium chocolate brown and darker steel. Es-
sentially flawless with outstanding eye appeal, just lightly worn. The
best identifying mark is a small, barely visible rim bruise left of the
O in OF. M-LDS, Breen state IV, with a cud break extending inside
the dentils before the face and a small internal cud or die chip off the
right end of the wreath ribbon. The reverse is now rotated 30 degrees
CCW from the intended head-to-foot orientation.
Our grade is
VF35+.
The attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on the
PCGS Secure label.
Pop 1; 8 finer at PCGS for the variety (PCGS #
36128)
Estimated Value.................................................................... $2,000-UP
Source unrecorded.