Lot 42
1794 S-71 R2. PCGS graded AU-58. CAC Approved. Frosty medium brown and chocolate with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. Sharply struck offering excellent eye appeal. The only defects are a tick on the top of the 7 and a couple more above the 9. MDS, Breen state IV, showing clashmarks on both sides and a few light die cracks on the obverse. The crack at RT in LIBERTY has not formed. Graded EF40 and tied for CC#6 in the Noyes census, photo #28851. Bland also says EF40 but tied for CC#7. Our grade is EF40. The attribution and Paul Gerrie provenance are shown on the PCGS label. Pop 1; 1 finer in 61.
Estimated Value $10,000-UP.
Ex Norman Stack-Herman Halpern, Stack's 3/16/1988:104-Tony Terranova-R. E. (Ted) Naftzger, Jr., 1989 EAC Sale, lot 46-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 1/27/1996:99-unknown-Chris McCawley 2/2010-Paul Gerrie.
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| Realized $22,425 |
