Ralph Rucker Collection Fixed Price Pt II

S-120a

THE HUSAK S-120A PLAIN EDGE

LOT 155 1797 S-120a R3 Plain Edge, Reverse of 1796 VF20 Very attractive glossy medium brown and light chocolate with a puff of lighter toning around OF. Smooth and quite nice for the grade showing only a few trivial contact marks. The notable marks are a collection of nicks left of the L in LIBERTY and a rim bruise just left of the fraction. EDS, Breen state I, before any die roughness, bulges, or crumbling. Struck slightly off center to K-8 leaving some dentils off the planchet. Graded VF20 and tied for CC#10 in the Noyes census, his photo #59260. Removed from a PCGS holder graded VF35 (PCGS label #35894.35/13470568 included, and it shows the attribution and Husak provenance). Called “My favorite Husak coin” by Dr. Rucker. $5,500 Ex Heritage Auctions 1/1998:5042-Dr. Wallace Lee, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/2003:416-Walter Husak, Heritage Auctions 2/15/2008:2121 (in a PCGS VF35 holder, $4887.50). (includes the Husak collection envelope and lot ticket)