EAC2025

EARLY AMERICAN COPPER SOCIETY AUCTION 2025  THE HUSAK-BOKA S-18A

yes LOT 109 1794 S-18a R6- Head and Edge of 1793, PCGS graded VF20 . Glossy medium chocolate brown mottled with lighter brown and darker olive brown tones, particularly on the obverse. The surfaces are mostly smooth and the eye appeal is excellent, but a glass reveals traces of extremely fine granularity and minor pitting in the fields and protected, mostly around TES-OF and the top two leaves of the wreath. A long, thin nick along the bottom edge of the jaw, a shallow rim dent over the L in LIBERTY, and another rim bruise at the U in UNITED are the notable contact marks. The date is complete and easily readable although it is not bold, and the legends on the reverse are strong. The edge lettering is bold and the downward pointing leaf following DOLLAR is strong (and completely visible in the holder). MDS, Breen state II. The reverse die has been repolished causing the right end of the wreath ribbon to be weak and indistinct. Graded F12 and tied for CC#3 honors in the Bland census. Noyes says VF20 net F12 and tied for CC#3, his photo #32992. Only 9 of the 29 known examples grade better than AG3 by EAC grading standards. The finest example is impounded in the ANS Collection so the pool of nicer pieces available to collectors is quite shallow. Both sides of this cent are plated in the 2006 Noyes reference on the cents of 1793 and 1794, and the reverse is plated in the 1979 Tom Morley reference on the cents of 1794 (page 41, top row, where used to illustrate the VF grade for this reverse die). Our grade is F15+ sharpness net F12 . One of only a very few of this variety that has passed muster for grading at PCGS. A great cent that comes with a very impressive provenance. The attribution and Boka-Husak (should be Husak-Boka) provenance are noted on the PCGS label. (The front of the holder is scuffed.) 35510.20/35503080 Ex Henry C. Colvin (President of the National State Bank of Troy, New York), French’s Sale #80, 10/19/1962:21 ($400)-R. E. “Ted” Naftzger, Jr., New Netherlands Coin Co 11/14/1973:339 ($1200)-Del N. Bland 3/1976-Dr. Robert A. Schuman-Myles Z. Gerson-Del N. Bland 3/1984-Darwin B. Palmer George E. Ewing, Jr., 11/1993-Wesley A. Rasmussen, Heritage Auctions 1/13/2005:3022 ($16,100)-Walter J. Husak, Heritage Auctions 2/15/2008:2018 ($43,125)-Jon Alan Boka, Heritage Auctions 9/8/2016:5301 ($35,250)-Dr. Mark D. Cadden, Goldbergs 9/13/2020:2 ($40,800)-Erik Schneckloth Collection  TERMINAL STATE S-18B

yes LOT 110 1794 S-18b R4 Head of 1793, Edge of 1794 VG7 . Glossy chocolate brown and steel. Mostly smooth but there is fine roughness in the fields on the lower part of the obverse. The details on the portrait are consistent with a slightly higher grade but the legends and devices on the reverse, while complete, are less-well-defined. The date is weak, as usual on this variety, but it is easily readable. The only notable marks are myriad hairline scratches on the portrait, all lost in the toning, plus a small dimple on the neck. Terminal die state, Breen state V late, Heck state 4 late, with a massive bulge at TED that obliterates those letters and a significant portion of the wreath below.

Ex Douglas F. Bird-Erik Schneckloth Collection (includes the Bird sales ticket)

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