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1793 S-9 R2 Wreath Cent, Vine & Bars Edge. PCGS graded MS-65+ Brown.
CAC
APPROVED
. Beautiful frosty medium steel brown and light chocolate with lustrous
slightly lighter steel brown in protected areas. This cent is sharply struck on a high-
quality planchet and is virtually free of marks or other defects. The best identifying
mark is a microscopic pinprick-like planchet chip in the middle of the jawline (as
struck). E-MDS, Breen state II, with a light die crack from the dentils through CA in
AMERICA and the stem to the adjacent ribbon where the crack ends. Struck slightly off
center to K-5 leaving some of the border beads tight to the edge of the planchet. Graded
MS60 and CC#5 in the Noyes census (tied with the ANS example), his photo #34803.
Bland says MS60 and tied for CC#5.
Our grade is MS62 choice.
A great example of the
very popular 1793 Wreath Cent. The attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on
the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 1; none finer at PCGS for the variety (PCGS # 35459)
Estimated Value ............................................................................................... $150,000-UP
Ex Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd. (London)-Stack’s (privately)-Frank H. Mas
ters, Jr., Rare Coin Company of America 5/1971:39-Robert L. Hughes (Western
Numismatics)-unknown-Auction ‘88 (David W. Akers), lot 506-Loren Barnett-Kenneth
Goldman 1/1997-John B. MacDonald (via Denis Loring)-Tony Terranova-Stuart Levine
2/2000.