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1802 1C AU55 PCGS. S-226, B-2, R.3.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:5,750.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1802 1C AU55 PCGS. S-226, B-2, R.3.
<B>1802 1C AU55 PCGS. S-226, B-2, R.3. </B></I> <B>Photo #60003. Our EAC Grade XF45.<BR><BR>Equivalents. </B></I>Proskey 10; Doughty 173; McGirk 12A; Ross 7-J; Newcomb 2; EAC 2; <I>Encyclopedia </B></I>1750; PCGS #1470.<BR><B><BR>Variety. </B></I>1 joins hair and nearly joins curl. Incomplete ribbon bows. The obverse appears on S-225 and S-226. The reverse appears on S-226, S-227, S-229, and NC-1.<BR><B><BR>Surfaces. </B></I>Attractive olive and tan with hints of faded mint red on the reverse. A few minor abrasions and hairlines do nothing to disturb the eye appeal. The lower right obverse has a short diagonal mark near the upper drapery fold and shallow dents are located in the field close to the back of the head, below the right side of L.<BR><B><BR>Die State III. </B></I>The reverse has a light crack through the tops of AMERI.<BR><B><BR>Census. </B></I>Much like S-225, several Mint State and AU examples of S-226 are available to collectors. Apparently unknown to Bland or Noyes when they published their Condition Census notes. Our EAC grade would place this specimen in a tie for 11th place in the Bland Census, or alone in eighth place in the Noyes Census.<BR><B><BR>Commentary. </B></I>Two XF coins that Noyes records in his Census are called "untraced" and either of those could be the same as this coin. The Husak coin is not the example that was last seen in 1975 EAC sale, but might be the French-T. James Clarke coin, that has been untraced since B. Max Mehl handled it in the 1940s.<BR><BR><B>Provenance. </B></I><I>Doug Bird (2006).</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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