1795 H10C LM-8 MS(PCGS#38592)
1795 H10C LM-8 MS (PCGS#38592)
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- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 4046
- 等级
- MS64
- 价格
- 115,274
- 详细说明
- Choice Uncirculated 1795 Half Dime 1795 Flowing Hair Half Dime. LM-8. Rarity-3. MS-64 (PCGS). This lovely example of an early type retains nice luster and offers excellent visual appeal. Many of these coins have darkly toned over the years, or show extensive adjustment marks, but such is not the case here. In fact, the amount of luster and the overall appearance are finer than most seen. The centers are largely untoned silver-gray with warm russet and deep blue increasing in intensity toward the rims. There is some softness of strike noted on both sides, most notable in the lower hair details and hair behind Liberty's ear. On the reverse, the eagle shows softness in the higher areas of the design, due in part to mint-made planchet adjustment marks. Such softness is a typical characteristic of this variety and is seen in the Logan-McCloskey plate coin as well. That said, the present piece seems comfortably superior to the plate piece, exhibiting surfaces that are free of any distracting marks and, as mentioned before, most of the adjustment marks that plague these early issues. The die crack that passes through the Y of LIBERTY, and crosses Liberty's face is clearly developed here. Not a rare die marriage, but a very interesting one in that it was used to strike the reeded edge copper example identified as Judd-21. PCGS# 4251. Provenance: From the RLS Collection.