Torres Half Cent Collection

EARLY CENTS

LOT 10 1794 C-5a R4+ Liberty Cap, Head Right, Small Edge Letters, AU58BN NGC. Choice frosty light to medium chocolate brown. A superior half cent with light wear and outstanding eye appeal. Nearly flawless with satiny fields and sharp devices. Smooth with trivial marks including a few very tiny planchet chips around LIBERTY (as struck) and a faint vertical scratch through the Y in LIBERTY into the field below where it fades away, and a small nick on the right top of the E in AMERICA. EDS, Manley state 1.0, Fuhrman state 1, without any die clashmarks. The dies are close to a perfect head-to-foot alignment, perhaps 5 degrees CCW. A premium half cent and a highlight of the Davy II offering. Clearly near the top of the condition census, which contains no mint state examples. Our grade is EF45. Weight 106.6 grains. 6678324-002 $38,500 Ex Harlan P. Smith, S. H. & H. Chapman 5/8/1906-Elmer S. Sears-unknown-James A. Stack, Sr., Stack’s 11/29/1989:27-R. Tettenhorst (The Davy Collection), McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/4/2011:109-Chris McCawley 6/2/2023-The J. Torres Collection of Half Cents

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