Lot 4
1793 C-2 R3. VF-25. Frosty dark steel brown with lighter brown and tan toning in the most-protected areas. The surfaces are excellent but not perfect as there are microscopic pre-striking planchet chips in the obverse fields, mostly behind the portrait. No hint of corrosion or verdigris. The only contact marks are a small pinprick just right of the D in UNITED, a barely visible rim bruise at the adjacent E, and a small mark on the rim over the second T in STATES. A tiny planchet flake at the border beads below the fraction can also help identify this piece. Nicely struck EDS, Manley state 1.0, with the reverse rotated 30 degrees clockwise from a head-to-foot orientation. The obverse is positioned slightly off center to the bottom and the reverse is a bit off to the upper left, but the border beads are complete around both sides. Another very attractive, well balanced 1793 half cent from this high-quality collection. Weight 113.9 grains.
Estimated Value $10,000 - 12,000.
Ex Jim McGuigan 11/04.
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