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LOT 184 1798 S-172 R-2 VF25. Attractive chocolate brown with hints of underlying lighter brown, the latter more prevalent on the reverse. There is a tiny rim bump above the hair braid and another rim nick over A in STATES. Otherwise trivial marks. E-MDS, Breen state III. Smooth surfaces.

LOT 183 1798 S-171 R-4 VG8. VF25 sharpness but there are traces of shallow, old verdigris in some of the fields and protected areas, and a notable void on the shoulder. Light to medium steel and deep olive green patina on the obverse, the reverse light to medium steel and ruddy brown. LDS, Breen state VI with the strong rim cud left of LIBERTY, the die break through Y in LIBERTY down to the rim before the chin.

Ex; Fred Borcherdt

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Ex; Superior 2/8/1998:943 - Fred Borcherdt

LOT 185 1798 S-172 R-2 G5. VG sharpness but there is fine roughness and a some minor pitting on the obverse. There is also some dark crud in some reverse protected areas. Even chocolate brown surfaces. Double struck, the second strike rotated 15 degrees counter-clockwise and 40% off center towards K-10.5. A dramatic and neat mint error.

Ex; Fred Borcherdt

LOT 187 1798 S-173 R-3 Small 8 VF20. Ten points sharper but there on some contact marks on otherwise smooth surfaces. The notable marks are some nicks on the portrait plus one in the field off the chin, a rim dent at the second S in STATES, and a rim nick at the F in OF. Glossy light to medium chocolate brown and steel with traces of frost in protected areas on the reverse. Late die state, Breen state IX, but there is no cud break at the L in LIBERTY (an intermediate die state not known to Breen). The narrow rim cud over CA is present and the cud over ERTY is strong. The reverse is rotated 60 degrees CCW. An important intermediate die state that contradicts the normally accepted sequence outlined by Breen.

LOT 186 1798 S-173 R-3 Small 8 VF25+. Deep charcoal and reddish chocolate surfaces with lighter brown on the high points. There are trivial marks on the fields and devices, a couple faint pin scratches above the hair braid and another below E in STATES the most notable. MDS, Breen state V. Smooth surfaces. Graded VF30 net VF20 and TCC#20 in the Noyes census, his photo #37806.

Ex; Garrett lot 90 - Fred Borcherdt

Ex; Early Cents Auctions 1/2023:275

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