85

1794 S-52 R6- F15+.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:7,500.00 USD Estimated At:15,000.00 USD
1794 S-52 R6- F15+.
1794 S-52 R6-. Fine-15 Plus. Penny Whimsy Plate Coin. Sharpness VF20 with a small dig high on the neck, a long horizontal nick at the bottom of the cap, and a light rim bruise at AT in STATES. The obverse is a choice glossy medium brown and chocolate with steel brown toning on the highpoints. The reverse is glossy reddish brown with light olive and steel brown highpoints and a swipe of darker olive toning at F-AM. The surfaces are smooth, completely free of corrosion or verdigris. LDS, Breen state II, with a strong die crack from the rim down through the cap into the hair at the back of the head. Second finest known in both census lists. Bland says net VF20 while Noyes says VF25 net F15, his photo #27616. The obverse is plated in Frossard-Hays, Elder-Gilbert, Early American Cents, Penny Whimsy, and the Morley grading guide for the cents of 1794. Both sides are plated in the 1923 Chapman reference on the cents of 1794. H-6 (Hays-6) is neatly penned onto the edge in yellowish-white ink in two different places. Comes with an all-star provenance, as you might expect. DWH #2707.
Estimated Value $15,000-UP.
Ex Dr. Edward Maris-W. W. Hays 1900-Charles Steigerwalt 1906-Charles G. Zug-Lyman Low 3/1907:9-Ebenezer Gilbert-Thomas L. Elder #44, 10/1910:9-H. O. Granberg-William H. Woodin-The United States Coin Co. 5/1915:91-Henry C. Hines-Dr. William H. Sheldon-Dorothy Paschal-John W. Adams, Bowers & Ruddy FPL 1982:47-Denis Loring 5/7/83-Jack Robinson, Superior 1/29/89:92-J. R. Frankenfield, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/17/01:253-Jack Wadlington (via Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley) 6/30/05.

Our item number 142625