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1794 S-56 R3 AU50.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:4,000.00 USD Estimated At:8,000.00 USD
1794 S-56 R3 AU50.
1794 S-56 R3. AU-50. Office-Boy Reverse. Rotated Reverse. Breen Plate Coin. The so-called "Office-Boy Reverse" variety due to the amateurish die cutting on the reverse die. Sharpness closer to mint state but there is a small patch of very fine verdigris over the C in AMERICA, plus some microscopic hairlines covering the cheek and neck and a fine hairline scratch from the Y to the nose before the eye. Several small planchet voids also show near the dentils over F-AMERIC, as struck. Otherwise the surfaces are smooth and quite attractive, only a few microscopic marks of no significance. Glossy medium brown with very faint traces of old fingerprints covering much of the obverse. MDS, Breen state II, showing strong die clashmarks on both sides. The reverse is rotated 45 degrees CW from a perfect head-to-foot orientation. Called AU50 and CC#3 in the Bland census. Noyes photo #37134. Plated in the Breen book to illustrate his die state III, but the dies clearly match his state II. DWH #2708.
Estimated Value $8,000-UP.
Ex Bowers & Merena 9/30/96:25-Jack Wadlington (via Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley) 6/30/05.

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