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1794 S-19b R4 Head of 1793, Edge of 1794. PCGS graded AU-53.
CAC
APPROVED
. Glossy olive and dark steel brown with frosty lighter steel
brown in protected areas on both sides. No spots, stains, or contact marks.
A very nice example of the Head of 1793 type. The best identifying marks
are a very thin planchet void at the top of the cap and a microscopic very
dull pinprick under the right foot of the T in LIBERTY. M-LDS, Breen state
II early. The first wave under the cap is clear and the second wave down
from the left bottom of the cap is just starting to appear. This cent is plated
in the 1923 Chapman reference on the cents of 1794, and it is the plate
coin for the variety in the 1991 Noyes reference on the cents of 1793-1814.
Graded EF45 net EF40 and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo
#21845. Bland says EF40 and tied for CC#1.
Our grade is EF40.
Comes
with a very nice provenance. The attribution and Naftzger-Reynolds prov-
enance are noted on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 1; none finer at PCGS for
the variety (PCGS # 35519)
Estimated Value.............................................................................. $40,000-UP
Ex Carl Wurtzbach-Dr. George P. French, B. Max Mehl 1929 FPL, lot 20-T.
James Clarke 1944-B. Max Mehl-Dr. William H. Sheldon 4/19/1972-R. E.
Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992-Eric Streiner-Dennis Mendelson 10/1992 (includes
the Naftzger collection envelope).