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1798 S-184 R2 Small 8, Style II Hair PCGS graded AU58

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1798 S-184 R2 Small 8, Style II Hair PCGS graded AU58
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Frosty medium olive brown and steel. The surfaces are lustrous and nearly flawless and this cent has great eye appeal. Look choice mint state but there is a hint of rub on the highest points of the devices. The only notable marks are some tiny pre-striking planchet chips at OF due to a weak strike in that area (opposite the bust tip). M-LDS, Breen state III. There is a fine double profile on the chin and neck. Called AU55 and tied for CC#4 in the Bland census (but graded MS60 by him in 1971). Noyes says AU50 and tied for CC#3, his photo #24083. Our grade is AU55. The attribution and Ralls provenance are shown on the PCGS label. (The reverse of the slab is badly scuffed.)
Ex A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd. (London) 1946-Willard C. Blaisdell 5/11/1971-Del Bland 1972-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/1986:257-Dr. Philip W. Ralls-Ralls Estate, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/2014:580-Colonel Steven K. Ellsworth Collection (includes the Blaisdell, Bland, Brown, and Ralls collection envelopes and the Brown lot ticket)
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