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ATTRACTIVE S-19B HEAD OF 1793

LOT 20 1794 S-19b R4 Head of 1793, Edge of 1794, PCGS graded XF45 . Glossy tan and steel brown with frost in the fields and protected areas. Lightly worn with smooth surfaces and very nice eye appeal. Just a few trivial marks including a tiny nick in the hair left of the eyebrow and a tiny, barely visible rim bruise at K-8 on the obverse. The reverse is sharper than the obverse, as always on this variety thanks to the high protective rim on that side. What may appear as small rim nicks on the reverse is an illusion caused by the heavily impressed edge letters. MDS, Breen state II, Heck 2, with an obvious bulge in the field under the cap. Graded VF25 and tied for CC#7 in the Bland census. Noyes says VF35 net VF25 and tied for CC#6 (no idea why the deduction), his photo #33041. Our grade is VF25+. Previously housed in an NGC holder graded XF40 (NGC label #508554-001 included, and it shows the attribution and Rasmussen provenance). 35519.45/57538475

Ex Freeman Smith 11/9/1956-John A. Schreuder 4/1970-Del N. Bland 12/1979-Myles Z. Gerson-Bertram Cohen-George E. Ewing, Jr., 1996 EAC Sale, lot 95 (as VF25+)-Wesley A. Rasmussen, Heritage Auctions 1/13/2005:3025 (as NGC XF40)-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

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