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1794 NC-7 (S-20a) R8+ (Unique) Head of 1793. Inver

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:5,000.00 USD Estimated At:10,000.00 USD
1794 NC-7 (S-20a) R8+ (Unique) Head of 1793. Inver
1794 NC-7 (S-20a) R8+ (Unique) Head of 1793. Inverted Edge Device of 1794 over Device of 1793. Good-4. Sharpness VG10 or slightly better but dark and covered with fine porosity, strongest on the lower portion of the reverse. No verdigris. The only notable contact mark is a short, fine hairline scratch on the upper part of the neck. Dark olive and steel, the surfaces mostly matte from the fine roughness. The date and legends are clear, except for the fraction and UNIT, which are faint due to the roughness. The edge was initially lettered using the device of 1793 (point and stem of leaf following DOLLAR pointing down). This 1793 edge device reads with the reverse side up. Then the edge device of 1794 was added (inverted reading with the obverse up) overprinting the initial lettering. The edge devices are positioned so the leaves following DOLLAR are very close, nearly one on top of the other. The second (1794) edge device is the stronger of the two, but both are readable. A unique sub-variety. This is the plate coin (of necessity, of course, wherever the sub-variety is illustrated) in Noyes and Breen. Called F12 net G4 in Bland. Noyes says VG8 net G4, his photo #21580. DWH #1769.
Estimated Value $10,000-UP.
Ex Robert Bashlow (who discovered it unattributed in New York City in 1961)-Dr. William H. Sheldon 4/19/72-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/92-Eric Streiner 11/19/92-R. S. Brown Jr., Superior 1/27/96:28.

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