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1803 S-249 R2 Corrected Fraction 100 over 000 F15. Sharpness EF40 but covered with fine roughness, strongest in the field behind the portrait. No verdigris, but there are some contact marks, including a scuff on the rim left of the middle curls and a nick at the base of the neck. Slightly glos ...
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1803 S-243 R2 Stemless Wreath with Doubled Fraction Bar F12. Sharpness VF25 with shallow corrosion and reddish chocolate verdigris on the left half of both sides. The right half of both sides is smooth and void of defects. The only contact mark is a small rim nick over the E in STATES. Glossy ...
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1801 S-219 R2 3-Error Reverse F15. Sharpness VF30 but burnished and retoned an attractive glossy light chocolate brown with traces of frosty lighter golden brown toning in some of the protected areas. There are traces of very light roughness in the field before the portrait but the remainder o ...
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1801 S-213 R2 PCGS graded VF30. Glossy chocolate and light olive brown with a couple splashes of reddish chocolate toning on the reverse. Nice surfaces showing only a few minor marks, including a trio of small spots of shallow verdigris or crud in the field before the portrait and a very light ...
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1800 Obverse Brockage, Style II Hair Fair-2. Rather glossy chocolate and olive brown. There is some very light roughness in protected areas and a few faint scratches in the recessed bust area on the brockage side, but basically this is just a well worn cent. No verdigris. This is a centered br ...
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1800/798 S-191 R3 Overdate 800 over 798, Style I Hair VF20. Sharpness EF40 or slightly better but there are a few patches of shallow corrosion on the obverse, the largest one in the field before the face. No verdigris or significant contact marks, and most of the planchet is smooth and very at ...
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1798 S-177 R4+ Small 8, Style II Hair G5. Five points sharper but covered with very fine porosity with a patch of moderate roughness at UNIT. No verdigris or notable marks. Dusty steel brown and light chocolate offering just a bit of gloss. MDS. The date is bold and the legends are complete ex ...
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1798 S-176 R4 Small 8, Style II Hair VG10. Very slightly sharper with several light rim bruises at the bottom of the obverse. The only other marks are a spot of darker toning at the front edge of the neck and a shallow spot of reddish verdigris at the base of EN in CENT. Otherwise the surfaces ...
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1798 S-173 R3 Small 8, Style II Hair F15. Sharpness near VF35 but there are very tiny pits covering most of the obverse, strongest in the field left of the portrait. No marks or verdigris, and the toning is an attractive glossy chocolate brown mixed with some lighter brown shades on the revers ...
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1798 S-166 R1 Large 8, Style II Hair VF25. Misaligned Dies. Sharpness EF40 but there is some extremely faint roughness under the rather glossy dark steel and olive toning. No verdigris, but there is a faint scuff of hairline scratches on the portrait plus a couple rim nicks before the portrait ...
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1798 S-166 R1 Large 8, Style II Hair VF30. Ten points sharper but lightly cleaned and retoned glossy light greenish olive and chocolate mixed with some lighter brown toning on the reverse. No roughness and only a few trivial contact marks. However, the strike was uneven leaving significant wea ...
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1798 S-164 R4 Small 8, Style I Hair F15. Ten points sharper but there is some extremely faint roughness in the fields and protected areas on both sides. There is no trace of verdigris, and the only evidence of corrosion visible without the aid of a strong glass is a small pitmark in the field ...
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1798 S-163 R4 Small 8, Style I Hair VG10. Ten points sharper but a bit dull from uniform extremely fine roughness. No notable contact marks or verdigris, but there is a tiny planchet clip over the T in UNITED that can be used to easily identify this cent. Slightly glossy dark steel and olive. ...
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1798 S-161 R2 Small 8, Style I Hair VF30. Nice glossy medium brown and light chocolate. The surfaces are smooth and there are only a few minor marks, including a faint scratch down the shoulder and a small patch of very shallow reddish roughness hidden in the hair at the shoulder. The only sig ...
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1798 S-157 R2 Small 8, Style I Hair F12. Slightly sharper with extremely faint granularity in the fields and protected areas. No marks or verdigris. Slightly glossy light olive and chocolate. Nice eye appeal in spite of the microscopic roughness. LDS, Breen state IV. The irregular crack in the ...
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1798 S-156 R5+ Small 8, Style I Hair, Reverse of 1796 Basal State-1. Heavily worn and there are strong contact marks covering the face and a deep cut near the rim at K-8 on the reverse. In spite of the heavy wear and strong contact marks, the surfaces are mostly smooth and glossy. Fortunately ...
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1798 S-153 R3 Large 8, Style I Hair VG8. Off Center. Sharpness VF30 but there is a dull, strong dent on the throat that caused a bulge at the bottom of the E in ONE. In addition, the rim was damaged left of the hair ribbon and at the opposing area above D-ST, and the planchet displays shallow ...
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1797 S-143 R5 Stemless Wreath VG8. Misaligned Reverse. Sharpness F12 with microscopic granularity covering the fields and protected areas. No verdigris and the only marks are a small planchet chip or pit over the left edge of the O in ONE and a collection of microscopic pits just right of the ...
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1797 S-128 R3 M over E in AMERICA VG8. Sharpness F12 or slightly better but there are a few patches of shallow corrosion and pitting on both sides, particularly at the rims over LI in LIBERTY, NI in UNITED, and TA in STATES. Specks of greenish verdigris accompany the rough patches. No signific ...
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1797 S-122 R5+ Fair-2. Slightly glossy chocolate and olive brown. No marks or verdigris, but the fields and protected areas are covered with light to moderate roughness. The date and legends are weak but readable. EDS. Estimated Value $300-UP. Categories: Draped Bust Cents
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1797 S-121b R3- Gripped Edge, Double Struck F12. Sharpness EF45 but lightly corroded and there is a patch of shallow reddish verdigris behind the head. Frosty blend of dark steel and olive mixed with lighter brown and reddish chocolate. The mix of tones on the obverse is not very attractive bu ...
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1796 S-90 R5+ Liberty Cap Fair-2+. Upset Reverse. Somewhat glossy chocolate and steel brown. The obverse sharpness is close to G4 but the reverse is only Fair-2. The surfaces are not perfectly smooth but they aren't bad considering the low grade. A rim nick was smoothed left of the bottom of t ...
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1796 S-86 R5 Liberty Cap AG3. Glossy dark olive and steel with fine granularity covering the planchet. No verdigris but there is a planchet chip low on the neck that catches your eye. Both sides are coated with lacquer or some similar substance that adds artificial gloss to the surfaces, and t ...
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1795 S-78 R1 Plain Edge G6. Clipped Planchet. A point or two sharper, especially on the obverse, but there are traces of minor roughness on both sides. No notable marks, but you can find traces of very shallow reddish verdigris in a few places. Slightly glossy dark steel brown and chocolate wi ...
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1795 S-76b R1 Plain Edge Fair-2. Off Center. Glossy chocolate and steel brown, the devices a lighter shade than the fields. There are areas of fine roughness and hairline scratches on both sides, but they are not significant given the heavy wear. The date is essentially gone as are most of the ...
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1794 S-55 R2 NGC graded AU55. Attractive glossy olive brown with traces of slightly lighter chocolate brown toning on both sides. The color appears to be perfectly natural, but this piece was lightly cleaned long ago and has retoned beautifully over the decades. There are some light contact ma ...
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1794 S-32 R2 VG7. Rotated Reverse. Sharpness F15 but covered with fine corrosion. No notable contact marks. Dark greenish olive and steel with areas of reddish chocolate on the reverse. This piece has smooth, hard greenish patina in the fields and protected areas which suggests it may have bee ...
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1794 S-26 R2 VG7. Counterstamped "H. HEIDLER" across the obverse, Brunk H-458. Sharpness VG10 or better but the stamp was strongly impressed and flattened the opposing designs on the reverse. The surfaces are dull and the planchet at the base of the date is beveled causing the bottom of each d ...
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1794 S-19a R5+ Fair-2. Head of 1793 with the Edge Device of 1793 (leaf points down). Blundered edge reading "ONE HUNDRED D FOR A DOLLAR." Smooth glossy chocolate brown. No defects, just lots of honest wear. The date is very weak. Only the tops of the 794 remain visible, and they are faint. The ...
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1855 C-1 R1 MS60. Lustrous light chocolate and steel with a vertical swipe of reddish chocolate toning right of T in CENT. Satiny mint frost covers the fields and protected areas. A very light rim bruise just left of the date is the only notable sign of contact. E-MDS. Estimated Value $200-UP. ...