Large Cents 1798 S-184 R1 Style II Hair, Small 8, MS62 Brown PCGS

Large Cents
1798 S-184 R1 Style II Hair, Small 8, MS62 Brown PCGS. Lustrous light olive and bluish steel. Satiny mint frost covers all but the highest points of the devices and the eye appeal of this cent is outstanding. The only notable marks are microscopic ticks or planchet flakes in the field above the hair ribbon, a tiny planchet flake near the dentils left of the hair ribbon, and an extremely faint hairline under TA in STATES. E-MDS, Breen state II early. There are a few tiny lumps over the left top of the 7 in the date but none between RT and the forelock. The bottom of the date, tip of the bust, and the opposing O in OF were all softly struck, but everything else is sharp. Graded MS60 net AU50 and CC#5 in the Noyes census, his photo #85009. Bland says AU55 and tied for CC#1 of those he actually confirmed but tied for CC#4 if you include the examples reported by unverified by him. This cataloger's EAC grade is AU58, and this cent has solid mint state eye appeal. Comes with a nice provenance that can be traced back more than a century. The attribution and Husak Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS Gold Shield label. PCGS population 4; none finer. 36119.62/38206856.
Ex B. C. Bartlett, Thomas L. Elder 1/1918:993-Foster Lardner, B. Max Mehl 6/1930:59-B. Max Mehl personal collection-T. James Clarke 10/1954-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., New Netherlands Coin Co., 11/14/1973:500 (plated)-Myles Z. Gerson-Jerry A. Bobbe-Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz-Douglas F. Bird Collection, Goldbergs 2/16/2020:64-Walter J. Husak Collection.

William Foster Lardner was an actor and theater manager who was born in Wisconsin on November 24, 1873 and died in Rhode Island on May 17, 1934 after he collapsed on stage from a heart attack. He was associated with the Albee Theatre in Providence from 1904 to 1930. United States Coin Company sold portions of his large cent collection in 1914, and B. Max Mehl sold additional selections in 1930.
From The Collections of Walter J. Husak and The Liberty Cap Foundation.

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