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1800 1C Normal Date. VF35 PCGS. S-199, B-14,

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1800 1C Normal Date. VF35 PCGS. S-199, B-14,
<B>1800 1C Normal Date. VF35 PCGS. S-199, B-14, R.4. </B></I> <B>Noyes VF25; CC-6. Photo #59270. Our EAC Grade VF20.</B></I><BR><BR><B>Equivalents.</B></I> Proskey 11; Doughty 149; McGirk 4E; Ross 23; Clapp-Newcomb 12; EAC 24; <I>Encyclopedia </B></I>1737; PCGS #1449.<BR><BR><B>Surfaces.</B></I> Light steel-brown surfaces with hints of olive and mahogany toning. Insignificant hairline scratches cross the neck. Faint roughness and minor abrasions can be seen with close inspection, but the overall eye appeal is excellent.<BR><BR><B>Variety. </B></I>Bases of 00 thin or open. LIB close. Stemless berry below E of UNITED. The obverse appears on S-199, S-200, S-201, S-202, and NC-3. The reverse appears on S-199.<BR><BR><B>Die State V. </B></I>Both sides exhibit peripheral clash marks, with minor reverse cracks through TED and from the border to the right top of the first S. A slight die bulge is visible at ST.<BR><BR><B>Census. </B></I>A single AU specimen, in the ANS Collection, is followed by several pieces in the VF grade range. This example is placed in the sixth spot by Noyes, but may actually be seventh or eighth finest known. As such, we call it a "near-Census" example.<BR><BR><B>Commentary. </B></I>Sheldon rated this as mid- to upper-level R-5 in <I>Penny Whimsy</B></I>. Quite a number of these have been found in the last 50 years, mostly in lower grades. Sheldon graded the ANS coin MS60 in 1958, and called the second finest VF20.<BR><BR><B>Provenance. </B></I><I>Chris Victor-McCawley (7/2005).</B></I><BR><BR><B>Personality. </B></I>The January 1800 Mint payroll records <B>Henry Fritz</B></I> as a pressman. He ranked among the Mint employees who operated the screw-presses, and might have been the actual employee who struck this coin.<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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