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1794 S-53 R6 VF35+.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:25,000.00 USD Estimated At:50,000.00 USD
1794 S-53 R6 VF35+.
1794 S-53 R6. VF-35 Plus. Chapman Plate Coin. Choice glossy medium brown. The surfaces are outstanding and the eye appeal is exceptional, which could easily justify a bump to EF40. The only defects are two tiny pit-like planchet flakes or voids under the 9 and a larger struck-through void in the field under the lowest curl, both as struck. Otherwise this cent is about as perfect as a delicately-used 1794 cent could be. Graded EF40 and second finest behind the ANS coin in the Bland census. Noyes says EF40 net VF35 (he deducts 5 points for the mint-made flaws) and also CC#2 behind the slightly finer ANS example, his photo #20012. The CC#1 coin is in the ANS Museum, and the CC#4 example is in another museum, which severely reduces the available supply of top coins. The obverse and reverse are plated in the 1923 Chapman reference on 1794 cents. Reported to be the discovery coin for the variety, with Henry Chapman given discovery credit in 1897. DWH #0067.
Estimated Value $50,000-UP.
Ex Ralph R. Barker-S. H. & H. Chapman 7/1904:977-Henry C. Miller, Thomas L. Elder 4/13/1917:710-The United States Coin Co. (Wayte Raymond)-Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 2/7/1945:73-F. C. C. Boyd-Homer K. Downing 1948-Dr. William H. Sheldon-Dorothy Paschal 1975-John W. Adams, Bowers & Ruddy FPL, 1982 lot 48-Denis W. Loring 5/7/83-Jack Robinson, Superior 1/29/89:93.

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