Fred Borcherdts ANA Sale

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

CHOICE S-43 EX SARGENT-RYDER

LOT 46 1794 S-43 R2 Head of 1794 PCGS graded MS62 Brown . Choice frosty light to medium brown. Very sharp and about as close to flawless as you will find on a 1794 cent. Just a hint of light friction on the highest points of the devices and virtually void of marks. The only “defects” are a few microscopic planchet chips in the field at ERTY and before the face and a thin, light nick on the throat. None of these imperfections are visible to the unaided eye. Sharply struck E-MDS, Breen state II, Heck state 2, with a couple very fine die cracks on the obverse and a very fine crack from the dentils to the bottom of the U in UNITED. In addition there is a fine but incomplete double profile from the forelock to the chin, a rather common feature on this variety. A truly choice cent; our grade is EF45 +, close to AU50. 35594.62/57538488

Ex Arthur Sargent, S. H. Chapman 6/20/1913:435-Hillyer Ryder 5/1945-Wayte Raymond (privately)-Dr. William H. Sheldon-ANS 1/26/2001 (unwinding of the unauthorized switch made by Dr. Sheldon)-R. E. “Ted” Naftzger, Jr. (via William C. Noyes)-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

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