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1794 S-20b R4+ Head of 1793, Edge of 1794. PCGS graded
Fine-15.
Variety with a Straight Date. Attractive glossy
chocolate brown and steel. The surfaces are smooth, void of
any hint of corrosion or verdigris. The only marks, and they
are trivial, are a faint diagonal hairline scratch hidden in the
toning under the cap and a barely visible planchet lamina-
tion arcing through ICA in AMERICA (as struck). The date
is bold and the legends are complete. Graded VG10 Aver-
age Plus and tied for CC#10 in the Noyes census, his photo
#39444.
Our grade is VG10 as well
. A very nice cent that
comes with an equally nice provenance. The attribution and
Reynolds provenance are shown on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 1; 1 finer in AU50 at PCGS for the variety. Only 2
examples graded at PCGS
(PCGS # 35522)
Estimated Value ...................................................... $7,500-UP
Ex Anderson DuPont Sale, Stack’s 9/24/1954:28-Herman
Halpern, Stack’s 3/16/1988:22-Chris McCawley 4/2000-De-
nis Loring 4/13/2001-Jon A. Boka-Wes Rasmussen, Heritage
1/13/2005:3026.
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1794 S-21 R3. PCGS graded AU-58+.
CAC APPROVED
. Beautiful uniform medium brown and light chocolate. The surfaces
are satiny and essentially flawless offering outstanding eye appeal. Just a hint of friction on the highest points of the hair from
mint state. The only defects are some of the usual microscopic pre-striking planchet chips that remain visible in the fields on
both sides. A tiny planchet flake on the right side of the first A in AMERICA offers the best identifying mark. MDS, Breen state
III. There are die clashmarks on both sides and a die crack from the B in LIBERTY through the cap to the rim left of the bot-
tom of the cap. This cent is plated to illustrate the variety in the 1979 Tom Morley reference on the cents of 1794. Graded AU55
net AU50 (reason for deduction not known) and tied for CC#3 in the Noyes census, his photo #28468. Bland says AU55 and
tied for CC#3.
Our grade is AU55 choice.
The attribution and Halpern-Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure
label.
Pop 1; 3 finer at PCGS for the variety, 1 in MS62, 1 in MS64, and 1 in MS65+ (PCGS # 35528)
Estimated Value.................................................................................................................................................................... $15,000-UP
Ex Harlan P. Smith, S. H. & H. Chapman 5/1906:1072-George Roebling, New Netherlands Coin Co. #59, 6/1967:1196-Ed Hipps-
Del Bland 5/13/1986-Herman Halpern, Stack’s 3/16/1988:23-Tony Terranova, Stack’s 10/2000:659-Tony Terranova-Tom Morley,
Superior 5/31/1992:166-Tom Morley, Superior 1/31/1994:773-Tom Morley-Chris McCawley & Tony Terranova 9/1994 (Morley
collection envelope included).