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1800 1C Normal Date. MS63 Brown PCGS. S-205,

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1800 1C Normal Date. MS63 Brown PCGS. S-205,
<B>1800 1C Normal Date. MS63 Brown PCGS. S-205, B-26, R.4.</B></I> <B>Bland MS61; CC-2. Noyes MS62; CC-1. Photo #21087. Our EAC Grade MS60+.</B></I><BR><BR><B>Equivalents.</B></I> Clapp-Newcomb 18; EAC 15; <I>Encyclopedia </B></I>1737; PCGS #1449.<BR><BR><B>Surfaces.</B></I> A delightful Mint State example with light golden-brown surfaces and full cartwheel luster. Some darker olive toning on the reverse adds to the eye appeal of this piece. A few spots of deeper toning serve as convenient pedigree markers.<BR><BR><B>Variety. </B></I>Hair missing over 1. Die chips right of neck. Heavy F. ME repunched. The obverse appears on S-205 and S-206. The reverse appears on S-204 and S-205.<BR><BR><B>Die State II. </B></I>The usual die state, immediately recognized by a horizontal crack in the left obverse field and a fine reverse crack through ICA and the right ribbon. A later die state has the reverse crack reaching the adjacent R and the final 0.<BR><BR><B>Census. </B></I>This example is second finest known, following the Floyd Starr piece that holds the top position. Five of the 27 Mint State 1800 large cents in Bland's Census are examples of S-205.<BR><BR><B>Commentary. </B></I>The same obverse die was used for S-205 and S-206, and later states of S-205 have reverse die cracks that are similar to those of S-206. For this reason, these two varieties are often confused. The missing hair details above the 1 on S-205 have been repaired on S-206, and this is probably the easiest attribution point.<BR><BR><B>Provenance. </B></I><I>Ralph Barker; Henry W. Beckwith (privately, 1/1919); B.H. Collins; B. Max Mehl; T. James Clarke; R.E. Naftzger, Jr. (2/1992); Eric Streiner; Early American Coppers (4/1994), lot 263, $9,000; Chris Victor-McCawley (11/1996); W.M. "Jack" Wadlington; Chris Victor-McCawley (7/2005).</B></I><BR><BR><B>Personality. Dr. Henry W. Beckwith</B></I> of New Haven, Connecticut, formed a splendid collection of 124 superb large cents, sold by Henry Chapman on April 27, 1923. His collection was described by John Adams as "the finest collection of high condition cents of all time." Two references state that he lived to the age of 100, but give different dates. The <I>EAC Guide to Early American Coppers</B></I> notes that he died before 1932, while Al Boka's <I>Provenance Gallery </B></I>gives dates of 1853-1953.<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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