Fred Borcherdts ANA Sale

EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS

LOT 229 1798 S-180 R5+ Small 8, Style II Hair F12 . Glossy chocolate and darker olive brown. This cent is several points sharper than the assigned grade but it was expertly recolored. Mostly smooth with traces of extremely fine roughness under the glossy toning. No verdigris, only a few minor marks including a tiny planchet chip on the upper edge of the bust and another near the rim over the upper end of the hair ribbon. MDS, Breen state III, with a strong cud break at TATE but no die crack at UN. Graded VF20 net VG8 by Noyes, his photo #32388.

From the Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

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