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1800 S-197 R1 PCGS graded MS64RB.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:8,750.00 USD Estimated At:17,500.00 - 20,000.00 USD
1800 S-197 R1 PCGS graded MS64RB.
<Our item number 136150><B>1800 S-197 R1. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown.</B> The &#34;Q-Variety.&#34; Lustrous steel brown with 5% of the mint red remaining on the obverse, 20% on the reverse. The surfaces are covered with satiny mint frost that give this cent outstanding eye appeal. The only marks are a couple pre-striking planchet chips on the cheek, a microscopic scratch just below the curl on the neck, and a pair of small spots of darker toning &#40;one in the hair left of the forehead and a second very low on the neck&#41;. MDS, Breen die state III. The usual small cud breaks at IBE are strong and the namesake &#34;Q&#34; break through the first 0 in the date is clear &#40;It should be noted here that Breen&#39;s first marker for his die state III, &#34;Nearly horizontal cracks across the upper part of the hair and from the hair to 8&#34; are in error. The &#34;die cracks&#34; in the hair are arcing die lines, similar to pantograph lines, that are present in all die states. His crack &#34;from the hair t o 8&#34; is a die clash mark rather than a crack.&#41; Called MS63 and finest known in both the Noyes and Bland census lists. Noyes used this coin to illustrate the variety in his book on the cents of 1793-1814, his photo #21007. Our grade is Mint State-63. <B>PCGS population 1 with none finer.</B> <BR>Estimated Value &#36;17,500 - 20,000. <I><BR>Ex Thomas L. Elder 7/24/1945-Leonard M. Holland-Pennypacker Auction Centre 5/1959-Louis Helfenstein, Lester Merkin 8/14/1964:18-E. I. Unterman, Lester Merkin 10/31/73:306-Andrew M. Hain-Dennis E. Steinmetz-1980 ANA Sale, Steve Ivy Auctions, lot 951-Stanley Kesselman-R. E. Naftzger, Jr.</I> <BR><BR>Our item number 136150<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/48jpegs/136150.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/48jpegs/136150N2.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>