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1798 1C Second Hair. XF45 PCGS. S-169, B-28,

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1798 1C Second Hair. XF45 PCGS. S-169, B-28,
<B>1798 1C Second Hair. XF45 PCGS. S-169, B-28, R.3.</B></I> <B>Bland VF35; tied for CC-7. Noyes VF30; CC-6. Photo #28528. Our EAC Grade VF35.<BR><BR>Equivalents.</B></I> Proskey 11; Doughty 119; McGirk 6A; Clapp 29; EAC 28; <I>Encyclopedia </B></I>1732; PCGS #1434.<BR><B><BR>Variety. </B></I>Style II Hair. LIB close, ERTY large. Incomplete right bow. The obverse appears on S-168 and S-169. The reverse appears on S-169, S-170, and S-171.<BR><B><BR>Surfaces.</B></I> Olive and steel-brown with traces of lighter tan on the obverse. The usual moderate surface abrasions are noted on each side, with a small rim bump over E of UNITED. Weak obverse border details with the reverse border essentially gone. Double Flange Edge.<BR><B><BR>Die State IV. </B></I>The obverse is bulged over LIBERTY and along the upper right border.<BR><B><BR>Census. </B></I>Just five or six XF or AU examples are recorded by Bland and Noyes, followed by several VF coins. Two of the finer pieces are in museum collections, permanently unavailable to collectors.<BR><B><BR>Commentary. </B></I>Most or all examples of this variety have a narrow rim break at the dentils below the date. Die State I is a perfect obverse state that can only be identified if the strike is properly centered. The variety may not exist with a perfect obverse die.<BR><B><BR>Provenance. </B></I><I>McLaughlin & Robinson (#4369, 2/1988), lot 77, $1,122; Robinson S. Brown, Jr. (Superior Stamp & Coin Co., 1/1996), lot 235, $1,430.</B></I><BR><B><BR>Personality. McLaughlin & Robinson</B></I> is a coin firm that operates in McLean, Virginia, under the direction of Jack Robinson and Albert Bonan. The firm handles a wide range of numismatic items on a wholesale and retail basis. M&R is well known in the copper community for a number of specialty copper auctions, most conducted in the 1980s and 1990s.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coins & Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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