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1796 NC-6 R8 Draped Bust AG3.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:5,000.00 USD Estimated At:10,000.00 USD
1796 NC-6 R8 Draped Bust AG3.
1796 NC-6 R8 Draped Bust. About Good-3. Breen Plate Coin. A couple points sharper but dark and covered with fine granularity. A hairline scratch from the ribbon knot down to the shoulder is the only notable contact mark. No verdigris. The date is mostly clear, although the bottoms of the 1 & 7 fade into the rim below. LIBERTY is weakened by roughness but all the letters are visible. The upper half of the reverse is clear while the lower half is weak due to an uneven strike. The attribution points are clear. Matte dark olive and steel. Tied for finest known honors with the one other example known. This is the Breen plate coin, but that photo is terrible (as are so many in that otherwise excellent reference book), and the coin looks much better than that photo implies. An extremely rare mating of the S-118/119 obverse die with the reverse die of S-117. Called G5 net AG3 and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #28719. Bland says AG3 and tied for CC#1 as well. Not much to choose from for this semi-unique variety. DWH #1780.
Estimated Value $10,000-UP.
Ex Doug Bird (purchased unattributed from Excelsior Coin Gallery 7/22/84)-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/86:161-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 1/27/96:164.

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