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1796 S-82 R5 Liberty Cap. PCGS graded AU-53.
CAC APPROVED
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Choice glossy dark chocolate brown and steel with frosty lighter
brown toning in protected areas. Smooth and very attractive. Traces
of satiny mint luster show on both sides, especially on the reverse. The
surfaces are perfectly smooth and display only a few marks. The no-
table ones are a horizontal nick hidden in the hair left of the forehead,
a tiny planchet flake just right of the earlobe, and another shallow
flake at the dentils over the upright of the D in UNITED. MDS, Breen
state I late, with faint die clashmarks on both sides but no hint of a
bulge right of the F in OF. ONE CENT is strongly struck, which is
another plus. Graded VF35 net VF30 and tied for CC#4 honors in
the Noyes census, his photo #60626.
Our grade is VF35+, very close
to EF40.
The attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on the
PCGS Secure label.
Pop 1; none finer at PCGS for the variety. Only 2
examples graded at PCGS (PCGS # 35753)
Estimated Value.................................................................... $15,000-UP
Ex Heritage 10/23/2008:65.