Lot 210
1798 S-170 R3 Style II Hair, Small 8 PCGS Genuine. Sharpness near EF40 but there are a few fine, faint scratches on the obverse and more in the central part of the reverse. In addition there are several light rim bruises on the reverse, the only notable one just right of the fraction. No hint of roughness or verdigris. Attractive glossy steel brown and light chocolate with frosty lighter brown and tan in protected areas on the obverse. E-MDS, Breen state II early. There are fine die clashmarks on both sides but no trace of a die crack behind the portrait. The reverse is rotated 25 degrees CCW. Our grade is VF35+ sharpness net VF25. The attribution and Mass Hist Soc provenance are shown on the PCGS label.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Massachusetts Historical Society, Bowers & Merena 11/18/1994:2046.
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