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LOT 31

1794 S-26 R2 VF20 Attractive glossy chocolate brown, the highpoints a lighter shade of brown than the protected areas. Darker chocolate toning shows in the hair above the ear. The surfaces are smooth and this cent has excellent eye appeal. The only marks are a couple light nicks just right of the Y in LIBERTY and a pinprick at the left foot of the first A in AMERICA. E-MDS, Breen state II late, with a clear die crack down through the E in STATES to the leaf below. The reverse is rotated 15 degrees clockwise relative to the normal head-to-foot die orientation. The date and legends are strong. Graded VF25 net F15 and tied for CC#33 in the Noyes census, his photo #27099. $3,500

Ex Fred H. Borcherdt-Lawrie Rhoads, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/29/2012:133

LOT 32

1794 S-26 R2 F12 Sharpness VF20 and the eye appeal is nice, but there is extremely fine roughness in the fields, strongest on the reverse. A shallow pit with dark reddish verdigris at the earlobe and a light rim bruise over the D in UNITED are good identifying marks. Slightly glossy medium brown and steel. M-LDS, Breen state VII. The radial die crack through the first S in STATES is strong and it reaches the C in CENT. The date and legends are complete and strong. Struck with the reverse rotated 25 degrees clockwise. $1,200 Ex Alfred Bonard-Henry J. Berube (New England Coin Co.) 11/16/1965-Philip Van Cleave, Kagin’s 1/30/1986:5030

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