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LOT 110

1796 S-84 R3 Liberty Cap F15+ Choice glossy steel brown and chocolate. Smooth and very attractive, close to VF20. Nearly free of contact marks or other defects. A small, shallow flake near the dentils right of the Y in LIBERTY is the best identifying mark. Nicely struck E-MDS, Breen state II, with a light crack through the top of OF. The date is bold and the legends are clear. Removed from an NGC holder graded VF30. $5,500 Ex J. Wade 6/22/1943-Henry C. Hines-Bertram Cohen 3/1987-Phillip Clover, Heritage Auctions 9/6/2012:3089 ( NGC VF30, EAC VF20) (includes the Hines collection envelope and Heritage lot ticket)

LOT 111 1796 S-84 R3 Liberty Cap G5 A point or two sharper but there are several old scratches above the head, a dozen or so tiny specks of green corrosion on the reverse, and a thin planchet fissure at the rim right of the fraction. Chocolate brown with lighter steel brown toning on the devices. Most of the planchet is glossy, especially the obverse. EDS, Breen state I, with an uncracked reverse. The date and legends are complete and easily readable. $450

Ex McLaughlin & Robinson Auctions 5/29/1985 (lot number not recorded)

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