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1801 1C AU53 PCGS. S-214, B-2, R.3

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1801 1C AU53 PCGS. S-214, B-2, R.3
<B>1801 1C AU53 PCGS. S-214, B-2, R.3.</B></I> <B>Bland XF40; tied for CC-7. Noyes VF35; CC-5. Photo #39167. Our EAC Grade XF40.<BR><BR>Equivalents. </B></I>McGirk 3C2; Newcomb 2; EAC 2; <I>Encyclopedia </B></I>1738; PCGS #1458.<BR><B><BR>Variety. </B></I>18 and 01 distant with 80 close. Numerator nearly rests on high, thin fraction bar. The obverse appears on S-214. The reverse appears on S-213, S-214, and S-215.<BR><B><BR>Surfaces.</B></I> Olive and steel surfaces with splashes of chestnut, and considerable maroon patina at the right side of the reverse. The surfaces are noticeably abraded, especially at the bust. As usual, the drapery and upper right reverse lack detail. Breen writes in his <I>Large Cent Encyclopedia:</B></I> "Often weak on the profile and end of drapery, lower right obverse dentils, some leaves on the right branch, S OF, and upper right border, reflecting axial misalignment of State III."<BR><BR><B>Die State III. </B></I>The die state identification is based on Breen's comment about strike, although there is no evidence of the obverse rim break over RTY, due to poor centering. <BR><BR><B>Census. </B></I>The top three representatives are Mint State, followed by two XF45's and three XF40's in Bland's Census. Although Noyes grades this piece slightly lower than Bland, he places it higher in his Census.<BR><BR><B>Commentary. </B></I>Newcomb did not record the final die state in his reference, perhaps for the same reason that the rim break Breen describes is not visible on this piece.<BR><BR><B>Provenance. </B></I><I>Bowers and Merena (9/1996), lot 32; Don Valenziano, Jr.; McCawley and Grellman (1/1997), lot 242; Thomas D. Reynolds.</B></I><BR><BR><B>Personality. Don Valenziano, Jr.</B></I> was born on April 27, 1952, in Omaha, Nebraska. A collector of half cents, he began a full time coin career in 1986, specializing in copper coinage. Valenziano has helped in the management of several Early American Coppers annual conventions.<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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