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1796 S-83 R4 Liberty Cap PCGS Genuine, AU Details,
Planchet Flaw.
Glossy chocolate brown and steel with red-
dish brown toning in protected areas on the left side of the
wreath. Frosty lighter brown toning shows in protected areas
on both sides. The obverse is perfectly smooth except for a
shallow planchet delamination void that affects the lower half
of the T in LIBERTY down into the hair below. The reverse
is mostly smooth but traces of microscopic roughness show
around CENT and in the reddish area within the leaves on
the left side of the wreath. An attractive cent in spite of the
mint-made planchet flaw and microscopic roughness. M-LDS,
Breen state II late. A strong die crack reaches from the dentils
over the I in LIBERTY through the tops of ERTY and to the
rim before the nose, and the crack fills the upper half of the
top of that R. The extremely rare large cud break outlined by
this crack must have occurred soon after this cent was struck.
Graded VF35 net F15 and tied for CC#8 in the Noyes census,
his photo #39209.
Our grade is VF30+ sharpness net VF20
.
The attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on the
PCGS Secure label
(PCGS # 35756)
Estimated Value ....................................................... $7,500-UP
Ex Al Moore 9/1976.