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$69,000.00
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Description
Exceptional MS66 1794 Half Dime
V-3, LM-3
1794 H10C MS66 NGC. V-3, LM-3, R.4. A truly amazing
first-year Flowing Hair half dime, not only because of its lofty
grade assignment, but also by virtue of its outstanding eye appeal.
This beauty has it all: an abundance of natural luster,
extraordinary sharpness of detail for the design type, and satiny
surfaces that are free of all but the most trivial of Mint-caused
planchet voids. A pale golden wash of color heightens the appeal of
this spectacular coin, highlighting the peripheral legends and
devices in particular. This piece is from a late state of the
reverse die, with prominent die cracks from the rim at 7 o'clock,
across the eagle's tail, and then to the rim at 5 o'clock, with
another crack dropping from the eagle's tailfeathers to the rim at
6 o'clock. This advanced state of the die affords a good look back
into time at the early technology of the Mint, when die steel was
at a premium and dies were frequently worked until they shattered.
This piece is tied as the second finest example of the date
certified by NGC, and only one coin has been graded higher, and
notably it is finer than the Eliasberg coin. The exceptionally high
grade of this coin suggests that it was either set aside at the
time of issue as the first of the design type, or it may have been
one of the 15 or so pristine 1794s that were part of the
Wadsworth-Rea hoard discovered around 1880.Ex: Long Beach (Heritage, 9/1998), lot 5830.(Registry values: P6)
Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 22ZT, PCGS# 4250, GSID# 3717)
Metal: 89.24% Silver, 10.76% Copper
Weight: 1.35 grams
ASW: 0.04oz
Mintage: 7,756
Auction Info
2009 August Los Angeles, CA US Coin Auction #1128 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
Jul-Aug, 2009
31st-2nd
Friday-Sunday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 9
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