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Superbly Pedigreed S-87
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1796 S-87 R3 Liberty Cap. PCGS graded AU-58.
CAC APPROVED
.
Choice frosty
medium chocolate brown and steel with traces of lighter steel brown in protected areas.
A smooth cent that offers outstanding eye appeal in every respect. The only marks are
a couple nick-like planchet chips on the bust. MDS, Breen state III early. The die crack
arcing from the 7 through the bust to the pole and beyond is faint but visible, and obvi-
ous die rust (tiny lumps on the coin) show at the U in UNITED and E in ONE. The
reverse is rotated 25 degrees CCW. This is the plate coin for the variety in the Breen
encyclopedia. Graded AU50 net EF45 and tied for CC#4 in the Noyes census, his photo
#22733. Bland says AU50 and tied for CC#2.
Our grade is EF45+ choice, very close to
AU50.
Comes with a great provenance that can be traced back nearly 150 years. The at-
tribution and French-Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 1;
1 finer in MS62 at PCGS for the variety (PCGS # 35768)
Estimated Value ..................................................................................................$20,000-UP
Ex Mortimer Livingston Mackenzie, Edward Cogan 6/1869:631-Keeney, S. H. & H.
Chapman collection, S. H. & H. Chapman 10/1879:451-Captain Andrew Zabriske,
Henry Chapman 6/1909:744-H. O. Granberg-William H. Woodin, The United
States Coin Co. 5/1915:176-Dr. George P. French-B. Max Mehl 1929 FPL, lot 110-
T. James Clarke 1944-B. Max Mehl 3/27/1947-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., New Netherlands
Coin Co., 11/14/1973:406-Superior-Pine Tree Auction Co. 2/1975:668-Dr. Robert J.
Shalowitz-George W. “Hank” Rodgers 1/1978-Jerry A. Bobbe-Myles Z. Gerson-Del
Bland-Dr. George E. Ewing, Jr. 3/1983-Denis Loring 4/1983-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior
9/30/1986:114-Jan Valentine 4/1989-Dennis Mendelson 7/15/1991-R. S. Brown, Jr.,
Superior 1/27/1996:122 (includes both R. S. Brown collection envelopes and lot tickets
plus the collection envelopes of Del Bland and Dennis Mendelson).