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1797 S-137 R3 EF40+

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:NA
1797 S-137 R3 EF40+
SOLD
2,600.00USDto p*****e+ buyer's premium (390.00)
This item SOLD at 2023 Jun 24 @ 19:42UTC-7 : PDT/MST
Sharpness AU50 but there is a scrape on the rim at UNI, a rim nick over that I, and a thin planchet fissure slanting through the E in CENT (as struck). The planchet is mostly smooth but there are microscopic pre-striking planchet chips scattered over the portrait and lower part of the reverse. Very attractive lustrous medium brown and light chocolate with mint frost showing in protected areas. E-MDS, Breen state III, with a fine die crack from the rim through the right ribbon end to the adjacent A. The fields on the reverse are slightly reflective. This cent is plated in the Breen encyclopedia to illustrate his die state VII (which is incorrect)). Called AU50 net EF40 and tied for CC#5 honors in the Bland census. Comes with a nice provenance.
Ex Charles J. DuPont (Anderson Dupont sale), Stack's 9/24/1954:173-Charles J. DuPont, Stack's 4/1955:401-Glen Wallace-Abe Kosoff-Rare Coin Company of America 5/1974:848-William R. T. Smith-Doug Bird-Robinson Victor McCawley (RVM) 1/29/1988-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 1/27/1996:194-Dr. Philip W. Ralls, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/2014:464-Chris McCawley-Terry Denman Collection