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CONDITION CENSUS S-183 RARITY

Lot 188

1798 S-183 R5 Style II Hair, Small 8 PCGS graded AU53.

Very attractive glossy medium chocolate brown

and steel. The surfaces are smooth and show only a few trivial marks. The notable ones are a small spot

of darker toning at a dentil tip under the left side of the 9 in the date, a nick on the upright of the T in

LIBERTY, and some small planchet chips at STAT (as struck). MDS, Breen state II, with fine die clashmarks

on both sides and fine nearly vertical die lines through LIBERT. A wonderful example of this rare variety.

Graded EF40 and CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo #30807. Bland says VF35 and CC#3.

Our grade

is VF35+.

The attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label.

Pop 1; 1 finer in

58+ at PCGS for the variety

Estimated Value ...........................................................................................................................................$10,000-UP

Discovered in Europe-Heritage (where misattributed as S-182)-Del Bland, Superior 2/2/1992:877-J. R. Frankenfield, McCawley

& Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/17/2001:434-Jon A. Boka-David Johnson 5/2014-Tom Reynolds Collection (includes the

Frankenfield lot ticket and Boka collection envelope).