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1794 S-34 R5+ PCGS graded XF45

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1794 S-34 R5+ PCGS graded XF45
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Very attractive glossy dark steel brown and chocolate with frosty slightly lighter steel brown toning in protected areas. The surfaces are smooth and nearly mark-free. A tick just left of the eye, another under the R in AMERICA, and a tiny rim nick just right of the second S in STATES can help identify this cent, but you need a glass to find them. A very nice cent, nearly choice for the grade. M-LDS, Breen state III late, with a retained cud break connecting the top of the cap to the rim above. Graded VF30 and CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo #39970. Bland says VF30 and CC#2. The finest example is in the ANS Collection so this is the finest available to collectors. A great example of a variety that is represented by only three examples that grade above F12 by EAC standards. Plated in the 1893 Frossard-Hays reference on the cents of 1794 and the obverse is plated in the 1979 Morley grading guide for 1794 cents. The attribution and Hall-Husak-Boka provenance are noted on the PCGS label.

Certificate #35567.45/81233638

Ex Dr. Thomas Hall-William Wallace Hays-Dr. Thomas Hall 9/7/1909-Virgil M. Brand 1934-Armin W. Brand 2/7/1941-B. G. Johnson (St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.) 9/29/1943-Thomas L. Elder-Oscar J. Pearl-Sol Kaplan-Numismatic Gallery 1944 FPL, lot 45 (plated)-Dr. William H. Sheldon (who apparently switched this coin for the one in the ANS Collection)-ANS-R. E. Naftzger, Jr. (as part of the court-ordered settlement in the lawsuit filed in the Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles, case #191908, Roy E. Naftzger, Jr. versus the American Numismatic Society, et al., this cent was given by the ANS on 1/25/2001 to R. E. Naftzger, Jr. (via William C. Noyes) 2/16/2001-Walter J. Husak, Heritage Auctions 2/15/2008:2036-Jon Alan Boka, Heritage Auctions 9/8/2016:5319-Larry A. Bland Collection (includes the Husak and Boka collection envelopes plus an envelope prepared by William C. Noyes and the Boka lot ticket)