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INDIANAPOLIS EAC 2024

LOT 295 1798 S-164 R4 Small 8, Style I Hair, NGC graded VF35. Frosty dark steel brown and olive brown. No notable roughness or verdigris, only a few minor marks. The notable defects are a small planchet flake at the dentils under the 7 in the date (as struck) and a shallow nick just left of the first S in STATES. E-MDS, Breen state II. Subtle swelling extends from the 8 through the bust tip into the field beyond. Die erosion lines are just starting to show in the field before the face. Our grade is VF20+, very close to VF25. Near the lower end of the condition census for this tough variety. Comes with a nice provenance. The attribution is noted on the NGC label. 3417842-001 Ex Gordon J. Wrubel-Darwin B. Palmer, Jr.-Ray Chatham 1973-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/1986:231-Thomas D. Reynolds 12/1992-Phillip Clover, Heritage Auctions 7/9/2012:3181-Colonel Steven K. Ellsworth, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 8/31/2014:200 (last lot ticket included)

 CONDITION CENSUS S-165

LOT 296 1798 S-165 R4 Large 8, Style II Hair, PCGS graded VF35. Glossy chocolate brown and light olive with a hint of reddish chocolate tone around the date and lowest curl. There are a couple light, old scratches on the obverse including one from the field before the chin to the rim before the neck and another from the bottom of the neck to the rim off the bust tip. The only other contact marks of any significance is a light rim bruise at the U in UNITED. The planchet is smooth except for a bit of microscopic roughness in the reddish area below the portrait and in the field left of the lowest curls. MDS, Breen state II, with clear die clashmarks on both sides but no die cracks. Our grade is VF30+ sharpness net VF20+. A relatively new discovery not in the Noyes or Bland database but among the finest known of this tough variety, perhaps CC# 5 or 6 in a comparison with photos of the best examples. The attribution is noted on the PCGS label. 36065.35/43688443

Ex McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 2/3/2013:288 (lot ticket included)

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