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1800 1C Normal Date. XF45 PCGS. S-208, B-21,

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:1,100.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1800 1C Normal Date. XF45 PCGS. S-208, B-21,
<B>1800 1C Normal Date. XF45 PCGS. S-208, B-21, R.3.</B></I> <B>Bland VF25; tied for CC-6. Noyes VF30; CC-2. Photo #36807. Our EAC Grade VF30.</B></I><BR><BR><B>Equivalents.</B></I> Proskey 18; Doughty 154; McGirk 4I; Ross 17; Clapp-Newcomb 21; EAC 18; <I>Encyclopedia </B></I>1737; PCGS #1449.<BR><BR><B>Surfaces.</B></I> Olive and medium brown surfaces on both sides, with minor abrasions and a few faint hairlines on Liberty's cheek.<BR><BR><B>Variety. </B></I>T is high. Usually failed at TY. First A in AMERICA repunched. The obverse appears on S-208. The reverse appears on S-208, S-209, S-210, and NC-4.<BR><BR><B>Die State IV. </B></I>Terminal die state with die failure over TY and a rim break to the right, now with a second rim break opposite Liberty's nose and chin.<BR><BR><B>Census. </B></I>Like a number of 1800 large cent varieties, S-208 is relatively common, but unavailable in higher grades. Bland grades the two finest coins VF35, followed by three other VF30's. About a dozen other lower level VF coins are known.<BR><BR><B>Commentary. </B></I>Sheldon originally rated S-208 as R-2, and revised his rating to R-3 in <I>Penny Whimsy.</B></I> He wrote: At the time of writing EAC we had been spoiled by close association with Mr. Hines, Mr. Clapp, Mr. Wurtzbach, and Mr. Newcomb. These four, between them, had almost a monopoly on the desirable 1800's and 1796's-those being the two ‘difficult' dates on which they had been working for years."<BR><BR><B>Provenance. </B></I><I>William H. Stone; Heritage (1/1998), lot 5050, $1,552; Douglas Bird (1998); Robert Clark (Bowers and Merena, 8/2000), lot 293, $4,140.</B></I><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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