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1794

THE DOWNING-NORWEB S-68

LOT 81 1794 S-68 R5 Head of 1795 G6 A couple points sharper but dark and covered with very fine roughness under slightly glossy dark olive brown and steel toning. No verdigris, only minor contact marks including a few small nicks on the neck and a short scratch left of the O in OF. LDS, Breen state V, with a strong bisecting die crack across the obverse. The date is strong and the legends are easily readable (although weaker on the reverse). Graded VG7 net G5 by Noyes, his photo#24247. Comes with unclear writing on the edge (in yellow ink with the H and part of the D in HUNDRED filled in plus other writing suggesting this was the discovery coin) and a great provenance. $2,500 Ex Ed. Frossard 8/3/1882:548 (as the Discovery Coin)-W. W. Hays-unknown-Burdette G. Johnson (St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.)-Homer K. Downing, 1952 ANA Sale, lot 1701 (as VG10)-Richard Picker 1971-Norweb Family Collection, Bowers & Merena 11/14/1988:2728 (includes the Norweb lot ticket)