1794 C-3a R5 Small Edge Letters VF25+. Beautiful glossy medium brown with slightly darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. The planchet is smooth and the surfaces are outstanding. The only marks, and they are trivial, are a couple small splashes of reddish brown toning on the cap and hair, a faint hairline in the field above the end of the pole, and a barely visible rim bruise under the right end of the fraction. MDS, Manley state 2.0, showing a faint bulge in the field right of the date and the reverse rotated 75 degrees clockwise from the normal head-to-foot orientation. This piece is plated in the Breen encyclopedia to illustrate the Very Fine grade (page 49) and again on page 108 to illustrate his die state I for the variety. This is a very attractive example of a tough die variety. Listed as CC#4 in the Mike Spurlock census, CC#3 in the Frank Wilkinson list, and CC#3 in the Breen list. Noyes photo #73602. Weight 101.9 grains.
Estimated Value $9,000-UP.
Ex Wayte Raymond (plated in Raymond)-Lee G. Lahrman, Abe Kosoff 2/1/63:50-Willard C. Blaisdell (via Del Bland 9/15/76)-R. E. Naftzger, Jr. (via Del Bland 10/8/76)-William K. Raymond 6/78-George Szykier-Jack Beymer 9/17/81-Bill Weber, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/3/2002:2248-Jim McGuigan 1/30/2003.
The Whister Collection
