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1794 S-65 R1. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown.

Lustrous medium steel brown and chocolate

with hints of reddish steel brown in protected

areas on the reverse. No spots, corrosion, or

contact marks, only microscopic pre-striking

planchet chips that didn’t completely smooth

away when the cent was struck. The chips are

concentrated on the forehead and upper hair

and on the opposing lower right quadrant of

the reverse because those areas were not as

strongly struck as the rest of the coin (due to

non-parallel die faces). The high points of the

hair are softly struck and not fully defined

but they retain their original mint frost. M-

LDS, Breen state VI early, with numerous die

cracks on both sides including a fine crack to

the left from the bottom of the cap, but the

small lump on the crack under the second S

in STATES has not formed. Struck slightly

off center to K-1 and the reverse is rotated 25

degrees CW from the normal head-to-foot

die orientation. Graded MS60 net AU55 and

tied for CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo

#57154.

Our grade is MS60.

The attribu-

tion and Reynolds provenance are noted on

the PCGS Secure label.

Pop 1; none finer at

PCGS for the variety

(PCGS # 35654)

Estimated Value......................... $25,000-UP

Ex Craig Whitford Numismatic Auctions

11/24/2001:1463-Jesse Lipka 11/2002.