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1800 1C Normal Date. AU55 PCGS. S-207, B-28,

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:6,500.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1800 1C Normal Date. AU55 PCGS. S-207, B-28,
<B>1800 1C Normal Date. AU55 PCGS. S-207, B-28, R.3.</B></I> <B>Bland VF35; tied for CC-2. Noyes VF35; CC-6. Photo #27929. Our EAC Grade VF35.</B></I><BR><BR><B>Equivalents.</B></I> McGirk 4J; Ross 16; Clapp-Newcomb 20; EAC 17; <I>Encyclopedia </B></I>1737; PCGS #1449.<BR><BR><B>Surfaces.</B></I> Both sides of this piece have deep steel toning with considerable maroon patina and minor surface roughness. A few minor hairlines and other abrasions are mostly limited to the obverse, including a minor scrape left of the L in LIBERTY.<BR><BR><B>Variety. </B></I>LIB close, tops of BE normally weak. Heavy F. ME normal. The obverse appears on S-207. The reverse appears on S-206 and S-207.<BR><BR><B>Die State II. </B></I>Heavy obverse clash marks are visible near LIBERTY, and also in the usual locations on either side of the bust. The triangular reverse rim break below the fraction is a diagnostic of the variety, known on all examples.<BR><BR><B>Census. </B></I>Although only a R-3 die marriage, the finest known example grades just XF40, according to Bland's Census. This specimen and two others are next in his roster, but the other two VF35 coins are both in the ANS Collection, meaning that this piece stands alone as the second best available to collectors. <BR><BR><B>Commentary. </B></I>This is Sheldon's "two glances" variety: "This variety can be recognized in two glances: (1) <I>It always has the triangular rim break under the fraction on the reverse;</B></I> (2) <I>It of course lacks the horizontal obverse break seen on the preceding obverse.</B></I>"<BR><BR><B>Provenance. </B></I><I>Purchased unattributed (8/1987) by Tom Reynolds (8/1995).</B></I><BR><BR><B>Personality. </B></I>The large cent Census is filled with unidentified dealers, collectors, and individuals. They usually remain unidentified because they are the source of an unattributed purchase, often for substantially less than the coin should have realized.<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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