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1802 1C MS60 Details, Cleaned, ANACS. S-225,

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:950.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1802 1C MS60 Details, Cleaned, ANACS. S-225,
<B>1802 1C MS60 Details, Cleaned, ANACS. S-225, B-1, R.3.</B></I> <B>Bland AU55; tied for CC-10. Noyes XF40; CC-11. Photo #29131. Our EAC Grade AU50.</B></I><BR><BR><B>Equivalents. </B></I>Proskey 9; Doughty 172; McGirk 11A; Ross 7-I; Newcomb 1; EAC 1; <I>Encyclopedia </B></I>1750; PCGS #1470.<BR><BR><B>Variety. </B></I>1 joins hair and nearly joins curl. Final S high, leans right. The obverse appears on S-225 and S-226. The reverse appears on S-225.<BR><BR><B>Surfaces.</B></I> Lightly polished but not obviously cleaned or recolored. Otherwise, the surfaces are above average with dark brown on the obverse, lighter brown with hints of reddish-brown on the reverse. A pleasing, iridescent cent that retains considerable eye appeal. Nearly Mint State sharpness. The reverse has a few faint scratches inside the wreath.<BR><BR><B>Die State III. </B></I>Heavy clash marks from the dentils are visible right of the date. The reverse has a faint crack through the tops of UN, and another at the base of ES to the center of O and the rim over the F.<BR><BR><B>Census. </B></I>A scarce variety, yet a number of Mint State and AU coins survive. <BR><BR><B>Commentary. </B></I>In general, the 1802 cents are more readily available in higher grades than those of the immediately preceding few years.<BR><BR><B>Provenance. </B></I><I>Richard Picker (12/1960); C. Douglas Smith (1/1974); Del N. Bland (1/1979); G. Lee Kuntz (Superior, 10/1991), lot 248, $1,815; Gary Ruttenberg (McCawley and Grellman, 8/1996), lot 215, $1,870.</B></I><BR><BR><B>Personality. Del Bland</B></I> was born in Orange, Texas, on October 26, 1933, and currently resides in Mill Creek, Washington. He is an avid researcher who maintains provenance notes on Condition Census large cents, and he personally handled many important pieces during his tenure as a coin dealer. His census of the 1793 to 1814 varieties was published in 2000 in Walter Breen's <I>Encyclopedia of Early United States Large Cents</B></I>. He formed an excellent collection of 1794 cents.<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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