Ralph Rucker Collection Fixed Price Pt II

S-139



LOT 185 1797 S-139 R1 VF35 Frosty medium chocolate brown and steel with some lighter brown toning in protected areas. Only a few very light contact marks, including a tiny hairline scratch in the field before the forehead and a vertical nick in the hair right of the ribbon, plus a light rim bruise at the U in UNITED. Nicely struck M-LDS, Breen state IV. The obverse die cracks are clear and obvious swelling shows in the field behind the portrait. Removed from a PCGS holder graded EF40 (PCGS label #1422.40/5234907 included). $4,500 Ex Bertram Cohen 1/7/1983-Jack Robinson, Superior 1/29/1989:281-McCawley & Grellman Auctions 10/1993:68-Chris McCawley 9/1997-Jack Wadlington (via Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley) 6/30/2005-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/6/2009:251 (includes the Holmes collection envelope and lot ticket)



LOT 186 1797 S-139 R1 VG8+ Slightly sharper but there are a few too many tiny contact marks for the higher grade. The only notable mark is a shallow planchet flake near the dentils behind the head. Glossy medium steel and olive brown. LDS, Breen state V, with significant swelling between the two die cracks left of the curls. The date and legends are strong. $350

Ex An unrecorded source on the bourse of the 1986 EAC Convention 5/10/1986

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