Lot 1189
1798 S-171 R4 Style II Hair with Small 8. VF-30. Sharpness near EF40 but a strong glass reveals traces of extremely faint roughness under the attractive glossy steel brown and chocolate toning. Possibly lightly cleaned long ago and but the toning is very attractive and appears quite natural today. There are a couple small, faint spots of darker olive toning in the field under the chin and a few very tiny pitmarks over CE in CENT. None of these defects is significant and the eye appeal of this cent is excellent for the grade. MDS, Breen state IV. Called VF35 and tied for CC#4 in the Breen/Bland condition census. Noyes says VF25 and tied for CC#7, his photo #27829.
Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000.
Ex J. J. Teaparty 8/19/78-Denis Loring 1979-R. S. Brown, Jr, Superior 9/30/86:240-McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 9/5/04:387.
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