Fred Borcherdts ANA Sale

EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS

POSSIBLY FINEST AVAILABLE S-115

LOT 132 1796 S-115 R3 Draped Bust VF35 . Glossy steel brown and chocolate with frosty lighter brown and tan in protected areas on the obverse and reddish light chocolate in protected areas on the reverse. Sharply struck with great eye appeal and trivial marks including a collection of tiny ticks at the lower end of the hair ribbon and a small carbon spot in the field close to the throat. MDS, Breen state V, with a strong die crack arcing through the date and small rim cud breaks on both sides. The shoulder and field under the hair ribbon are swollen. Struck with the reverse rotated 30 degrees CCW relative to the normal head-to-foot die orientation. A beautiful cent is a neat die state. Graded VF25 and tied for CC#4 in the Bland census. Noyes says EF45 net VF35 and CC#2 behind only the ANS example, his photo #26422.

Ex Gimbel’s Coin Department (Robert Friedberg, New York City)-Dr. Frank Bryant 2/1987-Jack H. Beymer-Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

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