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1794 S-40 R5+ PCGS graded MS63 Brown.

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1794 S-40 R5+ PCGS graded MS63 Brown.
1794 S-40 R5+. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. Plated in Chapman, Noyes, and Breen. Lustrous dark steel brown and chocolate with faint hints of very faded mint color peeking through in a few of the protected areas on both sides. The surfaces are satiny and this cent would rate a higher grade if not for a collection of tiny planchet chips that didn’t completely strike out due to uneven striking pressure. These are located near the obverse border from opposite the tip of the nose down to the bust tip with a few additional chips at the bottom of the date. These defects are mint made but they do detract from an otherwise pristine cent. The hair details are needle-sharp and the linear die flaw hidden in the hair above the ear is clear. E-MDS, Breen state II early. The reverse displays no trace of central buckling and those fields are hard and offer hints of reflectivity imparted by a newly prepared die. A beautiful cent in spite of the obverse planchet chips, and the only mint state example known. Called MS61 and finest known in the Bland census. Noyes says MS60 and CC#1 as well, his photo #21136. Our grade is MS60. This cent is plated in Chapman, Noyes, and Breen to illustrate the variety, and it comes with an outstanding provenance. PCGS Population 1; The only one graded at PCGS for the variety. DWH #3500.
Estimated Value $50,000-UP.
Ex Ed. Frossard Collection-Frossard #37, 10/1884:887-T. Harrison Garrett-Robert Garrett 1919-John Work Garrett-Johns Hopkins University (privately) 3/73-John W. Adams, Bowers & Ruddy FPL 1982:30-Bowers & Ruddy RCR #46, 12/82-Bowers & Merena RCR #48, 6/83-John W. Adams 2/84-R. E. Naftzger, Jr. 2/23/92-Eric Streiner 1/93-Tom Morley, Superior 1/94:778-Tom Morley & Chris McCawley 4/22/95-Al Boka 4/19/97-Walter Husak, Heritage 2/15:2042-Chris McCawley 3/17/08.

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