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PCGS VF30. A mixture of light and medium brown, lighter on the devices. Only scattered marks to speak of. "Plain Edge, No Pole" Year - 1795 Variety - c-6a Rarity - 2

Stacks Notes: LOT DESCRIPTION Classic 1793 Wreath Cent Ever-Popular One Year Design Type 1793 Flowing Hair Cent. Wreath Reverse. S-11C. Rarity-3-. Lettered Edge. EF-40 (PCGS). This is a handsome, high grade circulated example of a perennially popular large cent design type. Both sides are warmly toned in copper-brown, with glints of light olive-copper evident in isolated areas. The strike is well centered and otherwise sharp for the assigned grade, the reverse border devoid of beading from 6:30 to 11 o'clock. The surface texture is satiny and generally hard, with a few minor planchet flaws concentrated in the lower left obverse field. A few wispy handling marks in the right obverse field and on the reverse around the word STATES are noted for accuracy, although the appearance is pleasingly smooth overall for a lightly circulated early copper. Breen Die State III. Copper for this variety was supplied by Greenleaf & Watson, and the planchets are apt to show laminations or other natural flaws, as evident on the obverse of the present example. Production of Sheldon-11C was intermingled with that of S-11B (Lettered Edge, Double Leaf). The reason the Mint abandoned the vine and bars edge device in favor of a lettered edge is unknown, especially since its expression ONE HUNDRED FOR A DOLLAR is another statement of the denomination, which is already given twice as part of the reverse design of the Wreath cent (ONE CENT and 1/100). From the first year of the regular issue U.S. large cent series, and a one year design type, all 1793 Wreath cents are eagerly sought. In original, attractive and problem free PCGS-certified Extremely Fine preservation, this piece is particularly desirable for type or variety purposes. Provenance: From our sale of the William L. Buxton Collection, August 2021 ANA Auction, lot 4006. PCGS# 35477. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.

PCGS AU58. David Perkins Description: This Flowing Hair Half Dime has a nice look to it. On this die marriage the obverse die clashed early. This example shows these extensive clash marks. It is toned a light to medium silver-gray on the obverse while the reverse is medium gray and gold with some darker gray and blue mixed in. There are some scattered marks seen under the toning with a glass. The PCGS price for an AU58 coin is $9,250. Coin World Trends shows a price of $8,750 for an AU55 and $11,000 for a MS60 example. Heritage Auctions Description (Auction #1217 - Long Beach, Lot #3062, Jan/Feb 2015): 1795 Half Dime, V-4, LM-10, AU58 Sharp Flowing Hair Type Coin 1795 H10C V-4, LM-10, R.3, AU58 PCGS. Heavily clashed, but struck before the rim cud develops above the TY in LIBERTY. The earlier crack in that area is present. This piece is an ideal type coin, showing sharp detail and only a trace of friction over the high points. Pale golden-gray toning yields deeper hues of olive and blended lavender in the margins. A few faint adjustment marks are detectable in the central reverse. (NGC ID# 22ZV, Variety PCGS# 38594, Base PCGS# 4251)

PCGS VF25 Heritage Auctions Description: 1795 Flowing Hair Dollar, VF25 B-5, BB-27, Three Leaves 1795 $1 Flowing Hair, Three Leaves, B-5, BB-27, R.1, VF25 PCGS. Bowers Die State II, with die line from left wreath stem toward but not touching rim. An attractive light gray piece with moderate circulation wear but no problems. The 1795 B-5 is the most commonly available variety of all Flowing Hair dollars, doing much to recommend it to the type collector. Liberty's face is especially well-preserved on this example, with clearly defined features and no significant marks. (NGC ID# 24WZ, Variety PCGS# 39977, Base PCGS# 6852)