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1800 1C Overdate, Second Hair. VF30 PCGS. S-195,

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1800 1C Overdate, Second Hair. VF30 PCGS. S-195,
<B>1800 1C Overdate, Second Hair. VF30 PCGS. S-195, B-9, R.5.</B></I> <B>Bland VF20; tied for CC-7. Noyes Fine 15; tied for CC-10. Photo #28233. Our EAC Grade Fine 15.<BR><BR>Equivalents.</B></I> Proskey 6; Doughty 144; McGirk 3E; Ross 6; Clapp-Newcomb 6; EAC 8; <I>Encyclopedia </B></I>1736; PCGS #1455.<BR><B><BR>Surfaces.</B></I> Pleasing light olive and tan surfaces with a few small splashes of darker steel toning. Probably cleaned and recolored. Light to moderate surface marks are evident on each side.<BR><B><BR>Variety. </B></I>Overdate. Crossbar of 7 visible within 8. Fraction bar is long and thin. The obverse appears on S-194 and S-195. The reverse appears on S-195.<BR><B><BR>Die State II. </B></I>The obverse is cracked through the base of RTY into the field, and the reverse is cracked through ICA to the right ribbon and final 0 in the fraction.<BR><B><BR>Census. </B></I>The six finest examples of S-195 include two pieces in the ANS Collection, increasing the demand for this specimen.<BR><B><BR>Commentary. </B></I>Credit for discovery of S-195 goes to Charles McGirk, although some students believe that Francis Doughty may have discovered the die combination years earlier. Either through an incorrect description or typographical error, Doughty described his variety 144 as the obverse of S-196 and the reverse of S-194. McGirk and George Ross each assigned their own variety number to Doughty's phantom.<BR><BR><B>Provenance. </B></I><I>Joseph H. Rose (Harmer, Rooke, 3/1990), lot 125, $2,200; Robinson S. Brown, Jr. (Superior, 1/1996), lot 269, $742.50; Chris Victor-McCawley.</B></I><BR><BR><B>Personality. Joseph H. Rose</B></I> was born in 1922 and died in 2003. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. Rose began his career as a coin dealer following the war in 1946. He joined the numismatic auction firm Harmer, Rooke in 1969 and became president of the company in 1972. Harmer, Rooke sold his collection at auction in March 1990.<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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