Large Cents 1796 S-116 R5- Draped Bust, Reverse of 1795, VF

Large Cents
1796 S-116 R5- Draped Bust, Reverse of 1795, VF Detail, Environmental Damage, PCGS. A very sharp cent but covered with fine roughness mixed with some pits, especially at the bust and in the field before the neck. Traces of reddish scale can be found on both sides, particularly at TE in STATES. Steel brown. EDS, Breen state I, before any die clashmarks on the obverse. Not particularly attractive but the date and devices are sharply defined. Graded EF45 net VF20 and CC#5 in the Noyes census, his photo #60005. Bland says VF25 net F12, tied for CC#11. This cataloger's EAC grade is net F15. A rare variety that comes with a nice provenance. The attribution is noted on the PCGS label. 35834.97/47250193.
Ex New Netherlands Coin Co. 6/1958:277-John A. Schreuder 4/1970-Del Bland-Gordon J. Wrubel-Darwin B. Palmer, Jr.-Denis W. Loring 5/1974- Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/25/2003:411-Evan L. Kopald 6/1/2006-Walter J. Husak Collection.

Evan Louis Kopald and his wife, Janet, live in Eureka, California where their 1920s Craftsman bungalow is featured at the Eureka Heritage Society website. His introduction to coin collecting came in the mid-1950s when he operated the cash register at his father's Hollywood, California drug store. Kopald joined Early American Coppers as member number 2750 in 1987. He sold his large cents through Chris Victor-McCawley in a 2006 fixed price list that he wrote. He joined the Barber Coin Collectors Society in 2011.
From The Collections of Walter J. Husak and The Liberty Cap Foundation.

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