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1798 S-175 R4 Style II Hair with Small 8 VF30+.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:1,000.00 USD Estimated At:2,000.00 USD
1798 S-175 R4 Style II Hair with Small 8 VF30+.
1798 S-175 R4 Style II Hair with Small 8. VF-30 Plus. Glossy chocolate and steel brown with a small patch of reddish brown toning over the right top of the N in ONE. This patch is covered with extremely fine roughness, but the remainder of the planchet is smooth and very attractive. A barely visible rim bruise under the fraction is the only contact mark of any consequence. A sharp, very attractive cent in spite of the trivial flaws. LDS, Breen state VI. The cud at U in UNITED is strong and touches both tops of the U, and the die cracks are clear. Called VF30 and tied for CC#8 in the Bland census. Noyes says VF35 net VF25 and tied for CC#8, his photo #31752. DWH #2418.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex Colonel Edward H. R. Green-B. G. Johnson (St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.)-Lloyd Gettys-M. H. Bolender #177, 2/1950:633-Judge Thomas L. Gaskill-New Netherlands Coin Co. (privately) 11/56-Dorothy Paschal 5/77-Denis Loring 1/80-Myles Z. Gerson-Denis Loring-Tom Reynolds FPL #85, Mar-Apr 1996-Jack Wadlington 4/04 (via Chris McCawley).

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