2024 EAC Sale

EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS

LOT 303 1798 S-178 R5 Style II Hair, Reverse of 1796 VG7. Perhaps a point sharper, particularly on the obverse, but both sides are covered with uniform fine granularity. No verdigris, and the only marks are a dull dent on the lower end of the hair ribbon and a single nick in the field above the hair ribbon. Steel brown and chocolate blending to darker chocolate brown in protected areas. The obverse is mostly glossy while the reverse is closer to matte. The date is strong and the legends are complete and easily readable, although the legends are weaker on the reverse, as usual on this variety. LDS, Breen state IV. The die cracks through the date are clear and the cracks up from the bust are strong. The single leaves at the top of the wreath (the Reverse of 1796) are clear. Ex 2008 EAC Sale, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 5/10/2008:312-Colonel Steven K. Ellsworth, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 8/31/2014:218  FINEST EARLY STATE S-180

LOT 304 1798 S-180 R5+ Small 8, Style II Hair, PCGS graded VF20. Frosty dark steel brown and chocolate. The surfaces are smooth and free of verdigris. Only minor marks including a small pit on the lower edge of the bust, a diagonal nick under the T in LIBERTY, and a pair of dull nicks left of the first S in STATES. Very rare EDS, Breen state I, before any cracks or cud breaks on the reverse. A nice example of a variety that usually comes with significant surface problems. Graded VF20 net F12 and tied for CC#6 in the Noyes census, his photo #32855. Our grade is F15, tied for finest known of the early die state. The attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label. 36107.20/32782979

Ex Bowers & Merena 1/1994:2021 (where misattributed as S-169)-Thomas D. Reynolds Collection, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/31/2016:192

LOT 305 1798 S-181 R3 Large Denominator over Small Denominator VG10. Sharpness F15 with a couple small patches of very fine corrosion in the field before the portrait and another at the O in ONE. A nick on the 1 in the denominator is the only notable contact mark. Slightly glossy mottled mix of olive brown and light chocolate with a few small puffs of reddish brown on the obverse. Possibly recolored. MDS, Breen state II, with die cracks on the obverse and the reverse rotated 45 degrees CCW. The Large 0’s over Small 0’s in the denominator are clear.

Ex “W. H. C. C.” 12/5/1962-Lucien Birkler Collection

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