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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.