Lot 213
1798 S-172 R2 Small 8, Style II Hair. PCGS graded EF-40. Frosty chocolate brown and steel with a hint of lighter brown toning in the hair left of the forehead. No roughness or verdigris, only light contact marks. The notable ones are a few fine scratches in the field behind the portrait and a tiny rim bruise under the 7 in the date plus a similar rim bruise at the T in UNITED. MDS, Breen state V early. A small rim cud break touches the top of the Y in LIBERTY but there is no crumbling in the dentils over the second A in STATES. Our grade is VF35 sharpness net VF30. The PCGS label indicates this is a "1st Hair Style" cent, which is not correct.
Estimated Value $2,500-UP.
Ex Bowers & Merena 3/7/1998:155.
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