Lot 646
1798 S-164 R4. Fine-15. Style I Hair with Small 8. Sharpness VF35 but the fields have been smoothed and both sides were burnished. There is no apparent reason for the smoothing and burnishing. No corrosion or verdigris, and the only mark is a faint hairline scratch from the O in OF down to the fraction. Glossy chocolate brown. This cent looks great to the unaided eye. MDS, Breen state III, with obvious bulges at the lowest curl and right of the date. Called VF25 net F12 and tied for CC#17 in the Noyes census, his photo #39622.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Pete Anderson 1994.
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