Fred Borcherdts ANA Sale

EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS

S-156 OBVERSE PLATE COIN FOR CLAPP & SHELDON

LOT 198 1798 S-156 R5+ Style I Hair, Reverse of 1796, PCGS graded VF35 . Glossy steel brown with lighter brown and tan in protected areas. Smooth with moderate wear and trivial contact marks. A tiny tick on the right side of the 9 can help identify this cent, but you need a glass to see it. EDS, Breen state I, before the die crack at the bottom of the bust. Graded VF20 and tied for CC#2 in the Bland census. Noyes says VF20 Choice and tied for CC#3, his photo #21761. Our grade is VF20. The obverse of this cent is plated in George H. Clapp’s 1931 reference The United States Cents of the Years 1798-1799,and in Dr. Sheldon’s Early American Cents and Penny Whimsy. An important cent that comes with an equally impressive provenance. 36005.35/61275939

Ex Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau & Co. 2/7/1945:201-Dr. William H. Sheldon-Dorothy I. Paschal 1977-Denis W. Loring-R. E. “Ted” Naftzger, Jr., 1989 EAC Sale, lot 93-Thomas D. Reynolds 2003-Scott M. Barrett, Esq.-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection (includes the Loring/Naftzger collection envelope)

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