Ex Russell Logan and Floyd Farley. Steel grey with deep, unbroken luster. Hard to find any friction on the coin. Terrific eye appeal and surfaces complement the fully struck, early die state. This is the “Comet Head” variety that transformed itself to the better known 1817 Single Leaf, O.106a. Last offered in B&M’s Nov. 2002 sale of Russ Logan’s collection, lot 2328. Russ eschewed slabs. He graded the coin “AU 55.” There was no “AU 58” in his vocabulary. An AU coin was either 50 or 55. Russ acquired the coin in February 1999 from my MB 23 (lot 5, as AU 55), where I commented, “No ifs, ands or buts – this is a first rate 1817.” The consignor was Floyd Farley, BHNC #2. Farley purchased it as “UNC” from “O’Brien” in Dec. 1965. Farley’s and Logan’s personal tags accompany the lot, along with those from MB 23 and the B&M Logan sale. Farley to Logan to Davignon to ??? An amazing provenance – and a wonderful coin! Est. $2,500 to $3,000.
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