Description
PCGS authenticated and graded AU Details. Glossy chocolate brown and steel with reddish brown toning in protected area son the left side of the wreath. Frosty lighter brown toning shows in protected areas on both side sas well. The obverse is perfectly smooth except for a shallow planchet lamination void on the lower half of the T in LIBERTY down into the hair below. The reverse is mostly smooth but traces of microscopic show aorund CENT and the leaves on the left side of the wreath. An attractive cent despite the mint made erorr. M-LDS, Breen State II late with a strong die crack on the obverse over ERTY in LIBERTY. Tied for CC#8 in the Noyes census, his photo #39209.
Ex; Al Moore 9/1976 - Tom Reynolds Collection M&G Auctions/Goldbergs 1/2016:61 - Goldbergs 2/2018:324 - Dr. Ralph Rucker Collection
Date - 1796
Variety - S-83
Rarity - 4