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1794 S-33 R6 Wheelspoke Reverse VF25.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:37,500.00 USD Estimated At:75,000.00 USD
1794 S-33 R6 Wheelspoke Reverse VF25.
1794 S-33 R6 Wheelspoke Reverse. VF-25. Plated in Penny Whimsy, Noyes, and Breen. Glossy chocolate brown with lighter chocolate toning covering the devices. The surfaces are smooth and display only a few trivial marks, including a pair of tiny nicks under BE in LIBERTY and two small pinpricks or shallow pits low on the neck at the shoulder. The reverse is choice, flawless except for a small nick under the E in AMERICA. Late die state, Breen state V, with all 6 of the "Wheelspoke" cracks on the reverse present, and each of them is clearly defined. These "Wheelspoke" breaks are found at both ends of the wreath ribbon, through the I in UNITED, between the D in UNITED and the adjacent S, between the A & T in STATES, and down through the first A in AMERICA. The central reverse bulge is present as well, but the grade is high enough that ONE CENT remains visible and nearly complete. This reverse die failed quickly, and that failure was dramatic. Called VF25 and finest known in both the Noyes and Bland census lists, Noyes photo #21888. The second finest known piece is impounded in the ANS, and these are followed by two examples grading Fine-12. This is the cent plated in Penny Whimsy to illustrate the Wheelspoke Reverse, and both sides are plated in the Noyes book and the Breen encyclopedia (the plate coin in Breen is incorrectly identified as the Sears-ANS example). A beautiful example of this rare and popular 1794 variety, and a highlight of this historic collection. Removed from a PCGS slab graded VF35 (PCGS label included, and it shows the attribution and Husak provenance). PCGS Population 1; The Finest graded at PCGS for the variety. DWH #3473.
Estimated Value $75,000-UP.
Discovered in Los Angeles by Harold Straight in 1950-Dr. William H. Sheldon 4/19/72-R. E. Naftzger, Jr. 2/23/92-Eric Streiner1/93-Tom Morley 10/93-Dr. Robert A. Schuman 4/1/98-Walter Husak, Heritage 2/15/08:2035.

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