Ralph Rucker Collection Fixed Price Pt II

S-147/S-148



LOT 198 1798 S-147 R5- Large 8, Style I Hair F12+ Sharpness EF40 but covered with fine porosity. No verdigris or contact marks. Slightly glossy light to medium brown with darker chocolate brown toning in protected areas. M-LDS, Breen state II early, with die cracks at the fraction. Graded net F15 and tied for CC#4 in the Bland census. Noyes says EF40 net VG7, his photo #23945. One of the sharpest examples known and it comes with a nice provenance. $2,000

Ex Oscar R. Tompkins-Thomas P. Warfield, Associated Coin Auction Co. 10/28/1955:260 (as Strictly VF)-Dorothy I. Paschal 7/1977-Denis Loring 8/8/1977-C. Douglas Smith-Herman Halpern, Stack’s 3/16/1988:147 (as net VF25)



LOT 199 1798 S-148 R2 Large 8, Style I Hair VG10 Sharpness VF25 but covered with uniform fine granularity. No verdigris and the only marks are a couple thin, old scratches over the N in ONE. Medium olive brown and steel. E-MDS, Breen state II, with a few light die cracks on the obverse. $450

Ex Kagin’s 1/30/1986:4182 (lot of 2)

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