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1794 S-33 R6 "Wheelspoke Reverse" PCGS graded VF35

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1794 S-33 R6  Wheelspoke Reverse  PCGS graded VF35
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Glossy medium chocolate brown and olive with lighter steel brown toning covering the devices. The surfaces are smooth and there are only a few trivial marks. A pair of tiny nicks under BE in LIBERTY and two small pinpricks or shallow pits low on the neck at the shoulder can help identify this cent. The reverse is choice, flawless except for a tiny dig under the right side of the E in AMERICA. Late die state, Breen state V, with all 6 of the “Wheelspoke” cracks on the reverse present, and each of them is clearly defined. The central reverse bulge is obvious as well, but the grade is high enough that ONE CENT remains visible and nearly complete. Called VF25 (Average Plus) and finest known in both the Noyes and Bland census lists, Noyes photo #21888. Our grade is VF25 as well. The second finest known piece is impounded in the ANS, and these are followed by two examples grading Fine. This is the cent plated in Penny Whimsy to illustrate the Wheelspoke Reverse, and both sides are plated in the 1991 Noyes reference and in the 2000 Breen Encyclopedia (the plate coin in Breen is incorrectly identified as the Sears-ANS example). An unsurpassed representative of this rare and very popular 1794 variety, certainly a highlight to any advanced collection of Large Cents. The attribution and Gerrie provenance are noted on the PCGS label.

Certificate #35564.35/26772766

Discovered in an old collection in Los Angeles by Harold Straight in 1950-Dr. William H. Sheldon 4/19/1972-R. E. Naftzger, Jr. (via Stack's) 2/23/1992-Eric Streiner 1/1993-Tom Morley 10/1993-Dr. Robert A. Schuman 4/1/1998-Walter J. Husak, Heritage Auctions 2/15/2008:2035-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/6/2009:53 (via Chris McCawley)-Paul Gerrie, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 2/3/2013:22-Larry A. Bland Collection (includes the Husak, Holmes, and Gerrie collection envelopes and both lot tickets)