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“EDWARDS COPY”

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LOT 19

“1793” Edwards Copy VF35 A “1793” cent made from a low grade 1794 S-63 large cent. The skillfully engraved obverse grades VF35 while the host S-63 reverse grades AG3. Glossy chocolate brown. A bisecting die crack was engraved down the obverse simulating the crack always found on the 1793 S-14 Liberty Cap cent. Attributed to Dr. Frank S. Edwards of New York City circa 1864. $2,950 Ex Farran Zerbe-Lou Werner-Bowers & Merena 9/11/1989:41 ($1210, plated) (includes a note from Farran Zerbe, a letter from Pete Smith, and the lot ticket)

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