1798 1C First Hair Style, BN MS(PCGS#1431)

The January 2012 Americana Sale

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

8054

Grade

AU50

Price

3,450

Lot Description

1798 Draped Bust Cent. S-154. Rarity-4+. Style I Hair. AU-50 (PCGS). Light brown with average surfaces that show faint directional hairlines on the devices of the obverse, and reasonably good eye appeal. Clean fields obverse and reverse, with most of the contact signs limited to the devices. Multiple signs of clashing in the fields, and the planchet is free of corrosion or the often seen dark olive patina.