Large Cents 1795 S-73 R5- Lettered Edge, VF Detail, Tooled, PCGS

Large Cents
1795 S-73 R5- Lettered Edge, VF Detail, Tooled, PCGS. Glossy medium brown and light chocolate with darker chocolate brown toning in protected areas, especially around ITED. The surfaces are smooth except for the darker areas on the reverse where there is some microscopic roughness and specks of verdigris. The only notable mark is a dull rim nick at ME in AMERICA. MDS, Breen state II. The chip at RT in LIBERTY is strong, the bulge under ER is clear, and there is a fine die crack at UNI, clearest between the N & I. Graded VF25 sharpness net F12 and tied for CC#5 in the Noyes census, his photo #32217. Bland says VF20 and CC#2 in his census. This cataloger's EAC grade is VF20 sharpness net F15. Comes with an impressive provenance. The attribution is noted on the PCGS label. Two highest graded at PCGS: 1 in 25, 1 in 45. 35711.98/40347223.
Ex Dr. George P. French-B. Max Mehl 1929 FPL, lot 95-T. James Clarke 1944-B. Max Mehl 1944-Henry C. Hines-Homer K. Downing, 1952 ANA Sale (New Netherlands Coin Co.) 8/16/1952:1705-Dr. William H. Sheldon-Dorothy I. Paschal 5/1977-Denis W. Loring 2/1979-Charles E. Harrison 12/1991-Denis W. Loring 12/2/1991-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 1/27/1996:103-Walter J. Husak Collection.

President George Washington said to Henry William DeSaussure: "I have long desired to see gold coined at the Mint, but your predecessor found insuperable difficulties. I should be gratified if it could be accomplished." Although DeSaussure served as Mint Director only a short time from July to October 1795, he indeed brought the coinage of gold to the Philadelphia Mint. He was born in Pocotaligo, South Carolina, on August 16, 1763, and died in Charleston, South Carolina, on March 29, 1839. DeSaussure was a volunteer during the siege of Charleston, spending two months aboard a prisoner ship, followed by a prisoner exchange in Philadelphia. He remained in the North to study law, and was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1784. Upon returning to South Carolina, he was admitted to the bar of that state in 1785, the same year that he married Eliza Ford, the mother of his 11 children.
From The Collections of Walter J. Husak and The Liberty Cap Foundation.

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