Lot 203
1798 S-166 R1 Large 8 with Style II Hair. NGC graded AU-58 Brown. Frosty chocolate brown with traces of lighter steel brown toning in protected areas. Satiny mint luster covers the fields and protected areas on both sides. A very attractive cent, void of any spots or stains. Just a few trivial signs of contact, including a trio of small nicks or planchet chips on the jaw and a thin diagonal nick in the field off the bust tip. None of these marks is visible without the aid of a glass. M-LDS, die state IV. The die crack arcing through the lower left quadrant of the reverse is strong and the reverse is rotated 30 degrees CCW from the normal head-to-foot die orientation. As a result of the rotation, the bust tip and opposing legend at OF-AM are softly struck while everything else is well impressed. Our grade is EF45+. Pop 13; 12 finer at NGC.
Estimated Value $3,000-UP.
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