Fred Borcherdts ANA Sale

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

THE GASKILL-PASCHAL S-259

LOT 324 1803 S-259 R4 Small Date, Large Fraction, PCGS graded AU50 . Glossy chocolate and steel brown with frosty golden tan in the fields and protected areas. A very attractive cent with the eye appeal of a slightly higher grade, but there is a dull rim nick right of the D in UNITED and a spot of microscopic roughness at TA in STATES. E-MDS, Breen state II early, with a crack through STAT that has not become strong and swelling at the lowest curl. Graded EF40 and tied for CC#3 in the Bland census. Noyes says EF40 net VF30 and tied for CC#7, his photo #32242. Our grade is EF40 net VF35. Comes with a nice provenance. 36401.50/52084645

Ex Robert J. Archer, Thomas L. Elder 12/1936:1382-Judge Thomas L. Gaskill, New Netherlands Coin Co. (privately) 11/1956-Dorothy I. Paschal-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

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