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BEAUTIFUL S-3 CHAIN AMERICA
Lot 2
1793 S-3 R3- Chain AMERICA PCGS graded AU53.
Choice glossy medium chocolate brown and steel.
The surfaces are smooth and this Chain Cent offers outstanding eye appeal in spite of a few contact marks.
The notable marks are a light rim bruise left of the central hair curls and a dull nearly vertical scratch that skips
through the field behind the head. Nicely struck EDS, Breen state I, before any noticeable die clashmarks. A
beautiful Chain AMERICA Cent.
Our grade is VF35+, close to EF40
. Noyes says EF40 net VF35 and tied
for CC#11, his photo #59378. The attribution and Koshkarian provenance are noted on the PCGS label.
PCGS population 2; 2 finer, 1 in 55, 1 in 62 for the variety.
Estimated Value ................................................................................................................................................ $70,000-UP
Ex W. Elliot Woodward Sale #33, 12/1880:1526 (plated)-Frank D. Taylor-Henry Chapman-Henry Chapman auction 6/17/1908:2
(plated)-Joseph C. Barnes-unknown-James A. Stack, Sr. Collection-Bowers & Ruddy 4/23/1979:119-Ed Hipps-Bruce Stowe
(via James R. McGuigan) 4/22/1995-Walter Husak-Allan J. Kollar, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/29/2005:1010.