Fred Borcherdts ANA Sale

FRED BORCHERDT’S HALL OF FAME COLLECTION 1793-1814 CENTS

POSSIBLE FINEST S-117 RARITY

LOT 137 1796 S-117 R5+ Draped Bust PCGS graded MS61 Brown . Very attractive glossy medium chocolate brown with lighter brown in protected areas. Mint frost covers the protected areas and this cent has superior eye appeal. The only significant mark is a light horizontal scratch across the neck. The scratch is old and is lost in the beautiful toning so it does not catch your eye. Otherwise the only other mark is a nick in the hair below the T. MDS, Breen state IV, with a light die crack through RTY to the dentils at either end. Graded EF40 and CC#2 in the Bland census. Noyes says EF45 and CC#1, his photo #25259. Our grade is EF40+ , close to EF45. This is a fabulous example of a rare variety with only 3 examples graded above Fine by EAC standards. This is the plate coin for the variety in Breen’s 2000 encyclopedia. 35864.61/57516989

Ex George Roebling, New Netherlands Coin Co 6/13/1967:1207-R. E. “Ted” Naftzger, Jr., New Netherlands Coin Co. 11/14/1973:432-Willard C. Blaisdell 11/1974-Denis W. Loring 3/1977-Myles Z. Gerson-R. S. “Robbie” Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/1986:159-Charles E. Harrison-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

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