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1793 S-5 R4 Wreath Cent, Vine & Bars Edge with Large LIBERTY, PCGS F Detail, Environmental Damage

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1793 S-5 R4 Wreath Cent, Vine & Bars Edge with Large LIBERTY, PCGS F Detail, Environmental Damage
Date: 1793Partly glossy dark steel and olive brown. Very fine roughness covers the fields and protected areas but the highpoints are smooth. No verdigris, just a few marks. The notable marks are a fine diagonal scratch through the leaf sprig over the date and three minor planchet fissures (as struck) at D-STATES. The date and legends are complete and easily readable, although the bottoms of the 9 & 3 are starting to fade into the rim. Very rare LDS, Breen state III, with a rim cud break connecting ER in LIBERTY to the rim above. The cud is clearly defined in spite of the low grade. There are only a few known in this latest die state. The finest is mint state and appeared as obverse 4 on Levick's plate. That cent is impounded in the ANS Collection. There is also a crescent-shaped lump in the field behind the head (created by a chip out of the die), a feature not mentioned in Walter Breen's comprehensive reference on the cents of 1793-1814. A neat die state, and quite rare as such. Our grade is net G5. The attribution and Neiswinter provenance are noted on the PCGS label. (The front of the holder is scratched.)35447.97/36223020Ex Daniel W. Trollan 5/2006-James A. Neiswinter Collection, Goldbergs 1/27/2019:8-Erik Schneckloth Collection