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NEWCOMB-HELFENSTEIN S-187
Lot 193
1798 S-187 R1 Style II Hair, Small 8 PCGS graded MS62,
CAC Approved
.
Frosty tan and light brown with
darker steel brown toning on the highpoints of the devices. A very attractive cent with just a hint of friction on
the highpoints and no defects. A tiny diagonal nick in the field before the lower lip and a microscopic pinprick
under the right side of the F in OF can help identify this cent, but you will need a glass to see them. E-MDS,
Breen state II, with a pair of fine die cracks at CA to the dentils under the right end of the denominator. The
reverse is rotated 20 degrees CCW. The reverse of this cent is plated in Dr. Sheldon’s
Early American Cents
and
Penny Whimsy
, and both sides are plated in the 1964 Helfenstein sale catalog. Graded AU55 by Del Bland and
tied for CC#4 in his census.
Our grade is AU55 as well
. Comes with a great provenance. The attribution
and Newcomb-Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 2; 1 finer in 65 at PCGS for
the variety
.
Estimated Value................................................................................................................................................ $8,000-UP
Ex Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 2/7/1945:269-Milton A. Holmes, Stack’s 10/1960:1414-Louis Helfenstein,
Lester Merkin 8/14/1964:17-Herbert Rubin, Stack’s 9/21/2004:36-Tom Reynolds Collection (Stack’s 2004 lot ticket included).