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THE SHELDON-NEWCOMB 1793 S-16

LOT 18 1793 S-16 R6 Liberty Cap G5 Sharpness F12 or better but covered with moderate roughness and granularity. No verdigris or contact marks. This cent shows very little actual wear but the roughness weakens the details. A raised line of planchet erosion up from near the end of the pole and another thin one left of the eye are the only marks. Slightly glossy medium chocolate brown with some darker steel in protected areas. The date and legends are complete and readable in spite of the distortion created by the roughness. Struck with the reverse rotated 35 degrees CCW from the normal head-to-foot die orientation. Initially graded net G5 and CC#10 by Bland but he later revised his net grade to G6 on 8/28/2006. Noyes says net G4 and tied for CC#10 in his census, photo #22325. Only two examples grading better than Fine are known today. $20,000 Ex Dr. William H. Sheldon 1937-Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau & Co. 2/7/1945:17 (where graded Fine)-Christian M. Petersen 12/1948-Willard C. Blaisdell (to Denis Loring on consignment 8/1977-John D. Wright 1/18/2006 (via Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley) 8/20/2006 (includes the Blaisdell and Wright collection envelopes)

THE DR. RUCKER COLLECTION

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