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1798 S-154 R4+ Style I Hair with Large 8 EF40.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:2,500.00 USD Estimated At:5,000.00 USD
1798 S-154 R4+ Style I Hair with Large 8 EF40.
1798 S-154 R4+ Style I Hair with Large 8. EF-40. Plated in Penny Whimsy. Five points sharper with a pinprick at the dentils right of the chin, a barely visible rim bruise at the I in LIBERTY, and a pair of light hairline scratches over ENT in CENT. Otherwise this cent is nearly choice, just a few trivial contact marks from flawless. Glossy medium brown and chocolate with frosty dark bluish steel brown toning in protected areas. Sharply struck LDS, Breen state III, with a radial die crack from the upper edge of the bust to the rim and swelling in the field before the portrait. The edge of the planchet is partially reeded, as is sometimes seen on this variety. The obverse is plated in Penny Whimsy. Called EF45 and CC#2 in the Bland census. Noyes says EF45 net VF30 and CC#5, photo #27988. DWH #2777.
Estimated Value $5,000-UP.
Ex George L. Davis, Stack’s 4/8/54:1600-Dorothy Paschal (via Ray Chatham 1977)-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/86:219-Tom Reynolds 2000-Jack Wadlington (via Bob Grellman and Chris McCawley) 6/30/05.

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