Fred Borcherdts ANA Sale

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

THE DR. FRENCH S-45

LOT 49 1794 S-45 R5+ Head of 1794 PCGS graded AU53 . Very attractive glossy chocolate brown and steel with lighter brown in protected areas. Sharp and smooth with just a few contact marks. The notable ones are a dull nick close below the L in LIBERTY, a small tick at the bottom edge of the jaw, and a thin rim nick right of the F in OF. Only the nick under the L catches your eye. M-LDS, Breen state II, Heck 2, with a die crack through IC to the leaf below that C. Graded VF25 and CC#6 in the Bland census. Noyes says VF25 and CC#4, his photo #26486. Our grade is VF25. A beautiful example of this tough die variety, and it comes with a very nice provenance. 35600.53/57538489 Ex Thomas L. Elder 12/10/1913:655-Dr. George P. French, B. Max Mehl 1929 FPL, lot 74-T. James Clarke 1944-B. Max Mehl 4/26/1949:2315-Willard C. Blaisdell 2/17/1975-Del N. Bland 3/5/1977-Denis W. Loring 5/7/1983-Jack H. Robinson, Superior 1/29/1989:77-Douglas F. Bird-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

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