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1794 S-41 R3. PCGS graded AU-50.
Very attractive frosty
steel and chocolate brown with lighter brown toning in pro-
tected areas on the reverse. No hint of corrosion or verdigris
and only microscopic contact marks. The best identifying
marks are a tiny pinprick at the leaf point under the C in
AMERICA and a thin nick or planchet chip through the
right top of the T in CENT. Nicely struck E-MDS, Breen
state III, with a radial crack through the D in UNITED to
the top of the C in CENT but no trace of the later crack
down through AT in STATES. The reverse is rotated 20 to
25 degrees CCW relative to the normal head-to-foot die ori-
entation. Graded VF35 net VF30 and tied for CC#6 honors
in the Noyes census, his photo #20134. The Noyes census
shows only a single example of this variety that grades above
EF40. Bland says VF35 and tied for CC#4 in the Breen/
Bland census.
Our grade is VF35
. The attribution and
Reynolds provenance are shown on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 1; 2 finer at PCGS for the variety, 1 in AU53 and 1 in
AU55
(PCGS # 35588)
Estimated Value..................................................... $7,500-UP
Ex Hathaway & Bowers FPLs 1970-1971-John W. Adams
1/1975-Denis Loring 5/7/1983-Jack Robinson, Superior
1/29/1989:67-John Sype 4/1991-James H. Goudge-Walter
Husak-Fred Borcherdt 5/2013.
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1794 S-42 R4. PCGS graded EF-45.
Glossy medium brown
and light olive with sea-green overtones on the reverse.
Smooth and quite attractive; nearly flawless except for some
trivial marks visible under magnification. A tiny rim bruise
just left of the date, a faint hairline scratch over the 1, and
a spot of slightly darker toning near the dentils before the
neck are the best identifying marks. LDS, Breen state II,
with die clashmarks showing behind the head. The obverse
is very slightly misaligned to K-7. Graded VF30 and tied
for CC#5 in the Noyes census, his photo #25009. Bland says
VF30 and tied for CC#7.
Our grade is VF30
. The attribu-
tion and Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Se-
cure label.
Pop 2; 1 finer in AU58 for the variety at PCGS
(PCGS # 35591)
Estimated Value ....................................................$5,000-UP
Ex Fred S. Werner 1/1972-Jackson C. Storm 8/1/1984-Robert
E. Matthews, Superior 5/28/1989:172-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr.-
Chris McCawley, Heritage 1/7/2009:177.