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1798 S-157 R2 Small 8, Style I Hair, PCGS graded AU53

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1798 S-157 R2 Small 8, Style I Hair, PCGS graded AU53
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3,000.00USD+ buyer's premium (600.00)
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Frosty light chocolate brown with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints and frosty lighter brown toning in protected areas. This cent is choice except for a small area on the upper neck that was rubbed leaving lighter reddish tan toning at that spot. This cent was struck from the late, heavily rusted state of the dies, Breen state IV. Both sides show extensive evidence of die rust, strongest on the right side of the obverse and inside the wreath. The rust blunted many of the finer details on the dies and this cent shows only a trace of very light wear on the highpoints. Noyes and Bland both grade it net EF40, tied for CC#8 in the Noyes census, his photo #34492. Our grade is EF45+ sharpness net EF40+. An attractive cent that comes with a very nice provenance. The attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS label. 36035.53/32783218 Ex Robert J. Kissner, Stack's 6/27/1975:304-C. Douglas Smith-G. Lee Kuntz, Superior 10/6/1991:178-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 1/27/1996:221-Robert C. Clark, Bowers & Merena 2000 ANA Sale, lot 276-Michael Arconti-Walter Reed-Colonel Steven Ellsworth, Heritage Auctions 9/27/2013:4672-Thomas D. Reynolds Collection, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/31/2016:144