Fred Borcherdts ANA Sale

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

CONDITION CENSUS S-145

LOT 181 1798 S-145 R3 Style I Hair, Large 8 PCGS graded AU53, CAC Approved . Frosty golden tan with steel brown toning on the highpoints. Smooth with no trace of corrosion or verdigris, just a few barely visible contact marks from choice. The notable ones are a trio of vertical nicks on the ribbon under the N in CENT and a thin planchet crease (as struck) that meanders under CE. Sharply struck EDS, Breen state I, before any buckling or die clashmarks. In addition there are areas on the edge that show diagonal reeding, which was applied in England before the blank planchets were shipped to the US Mint. Graded VF35 net VF30 and tied for CC#3 in the Noyes census, his photo #31743. Bland says VF35 and tied for CC#3 in the Breen/Bland census. Our grade is EF40 net VF35. 36014.53/32783435 Ex Hollinbeck Kagin Coin Co. #258, 6/1965:96-Hollinbeck Kagin Coin Co. #299, 1/1973:272-Hollinbeck Kagin Coin Co.-Art Kagin-Kagin’s Numismatic Auctions #322, 9/1980:126-Art Kagin 8/16/1992-Thomas D. Reynolds Collection, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/31/2016:125-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

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