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1800 1C Normal Date. AU55 PCGS. S-200, B-15,

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1800 1C Normal Date. AU55 PCGS. S-200, B-15,
<B>1800 1C Normal Date. AU55 PCGS. S-200, B-15, R.3.</B></I> <B>Bland VF35; tied for CC-1. Noyes VF35; CC-4. Photo #21322. Our EAC Grade VF35.</B></I><BR><BR><B>Equivalents.</B></I> Proskey 10; Doughty 148; McGirk 4F; Ross 22; Clapp-Newcomb 13; EAC 25; <I>Encyclopedia </B></I>1737; PCGS #1449.<BR><BR><B>Appearances. </B></I>The obverse is illustrated in <I>Early American Cents</B></I>. The obverse and reverse are illustrated in <I>Penny Whimsy</B></I>. The reverse is illustrated in Noyes (1991).<BR><BR><B>Surfaces.</B></I> Both sides have pleasing chocolate-brown surfaces with considerable reddish patina and microscopic porosity on the obverse. Both sides are free of significant surface marks. <BR><BR><B>Variety. </B></I>Bases of 00 thin or open. LIB close. Berry on long stem below M. The obverse appears on S-199, S-200, S-201, S-202, and NC-3. The reverse appears on S-200.<BR><BR><B>Die State VI. </B></I>Possibly State VII, depending on how Breen's description is interpreted. State VI has a "chip from die between OF along the crack" and State VII has a "heavy break through OF and far to the right."<BR><BR><B>Census. </B></I>Bland grades four different examples VF35, all tied for top honors in his roster. Those coins are followed by three other VF30 examples.<BR><BR><B>Commentary. </B></I>Obverse 9 (in Sheldon and Breen) was a so-called "workhorse" die that outlasted five different reverse dies in the coining room. Although this example shows traces of obverse die cracks, the die eventually breaks apart as seen on S-202.<BR><BR><B>Provenance. </B></I><I>Virgil Brand; Carl Wurtzbach; Dr. William H. Sheldon (4/1972); R.E. Naftzger, Jr. (2/1992); Eric Streiner; Early American Coppers (4/1994), lot 257, $5,500; Chris Victor-McCawley (7/2005).</B></I><BR><BR><B>Personality. Eric Streiner</B></I> is a native of Bronx, New York, who began dealing in coins before he was a teenager. He was just 21 years old when he handled the remarkable Ted Naftzger Collection of large cents, a high-seven-figure collection at a time when the million-dollar barrier for a single coin had not yet been broken. The consummate collector, Streiner is especially passionate about Tiffany material. Items from his collection have been on public display, including a Tiffany collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coins & Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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