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1798 S-164 R4 Small 8, Style I Hair, NGC graded VF35

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1798 S-164 R4 Small 8, Style I Hair, NGC graded VF35
Frosty dark steel brown and olive brown. No notable roughness or verdigris, only a few minor marks. The notable defects are a small planchet flake at the dentils under the 7 in the date (as struck) and a shallow nick just left of the first S in STATES. E-MDS, Breen state II. Subtle swelling extends from the 8 through the bust tip into the field beyond. Die erosion lines are just starting to show in the field before the face. Our grade is VF20+, very close to VF25. Near the lower end of the condition census for this tough variety. Comes with a nice provenance. The attribution is noted on the NGC label. 3417842-001 Ex Gordon J. Wrubel-Darwin B. Palmer, Jr.-Ray Chatham 1973-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/1986:231-Thomas D. Reynolds 12/1992-Phillip Clover, Heritage Auctions 7/9/2012:3181-Colonel Steven K. Ellsworth, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 8/31/2014:200 (last lot ticket included)