Large Cents 1794 S-32 R2 MS63 Brown PCGS. Lustrous medium

Large Cents
1794 S-32 R2 MS63 Brown PCGS. Lustrous medium brown and light chocolate with traces of mint red remaining on both sides. A beautiful cent, choice except for some tiny pre-striking planchet chips along the right edge of both sides. The dies were not in perfect axial alignment when striking this variety (the die faces were not perfectly parallel). All the better examples of the variety show similar chipping and some strike weakness in those same areas as a result. Conversely the left sides are quite boldly struck. The notable marks are a dull nick in the field at the throat, another on the nostril, a small but relatively deep planchet chip near the dentils before the throat, and a similar chip just right of the first A in AMERICA. E-MDS, Heck die state 3, Breen state II. There is a strong radial die crack through the first S in STATES into the leaves below and die clashmarks on both sides, but the cud break over LI in LIBERTY has not formed. The reverse is rotated 35 degrees CCW from the normal head-to-foot die orientation. Graded AU55 Choice and CC#3 in the Noyes census, his photo #20050. Bland says AU55 and CC#3 in his census. This cataloger's EAC grade is AU58, very close to mint state with just a hint of rub on the highest points of the hair. This is the plate coin for the variety in the 1991 Noyes reference. The attribution and Naftzger-Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Gold Shield label. PCGS population 1; 2 finer: 1 in 64+, 1 in 66. 35561.63/32982338.
Ex England 1974-James D. King 11/1976-Gordon J. Wrubel 7/1977-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 12/11/1986-Herman Halpern, Stack's 3/16/1988:46-Anthony J. Terranova-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992-Eric Streiner-Chris McCawley 8/1992-Thomas D. Reynolds Collection, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/ Goldbergs 1/31/2016:22-The Liberty Cap Foundation.

New York City pub-owner Herman Halpern was an active coin and currency collector who specialized in large cents. He was born in Brooklyn, New York on March 12, 1923 and died on August 28, 2011. Halpern served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and later was the owner of McGlades New Pub in New York.
From The Collections of Walter J. Husak and The Liberty Cap Foundation.

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