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1802 1C MS61 Brown PCGS. S-239, B-17, R.3

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:1,300.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1802 1C MS61 Brown PCGS. S-239, B-17, R.3
<B>1802 1C MS61 Brown PCGS. S-239, B-17, R.3.</B></I> <B>Bland AU50; CC-4. Noyes XF45; CC-3. Photo #34730. Our EAC Grade XF45.<BR><BR>Equivalents. </B></I>Proskey 14; Doughty 177; McGirk 18A; Ross 10-L; Newcomb 17; EAC 17; <I>Encyclopedia </B></I>1749; PCGS #1470.<BR><B><BR>Variety. </B></I>LIB close, ER large. Missing berry right of CENT, leaf below curve of D. The obverse appears on S-239. The reverse appears on S-239 and S-240.<BR><B><BR>Surfaces.</B></I> The sharpness is about 10 points finer than the net grade, but it is cleaned and recolored. Both sides have dark chocolate color with traces of pale orange on the reverse. Faint luster remains on the reverse. Faint hairlines are visible with close inspection.<BR><B><BR>Die State IV. </B></I>The usually diagnostic obverse crack through the forelock to the right border is clearly visible, with heavy reverse clash marks through RICA and the fraction. Later die states have a second obverse crack from the first crack at the border to the nose.<BR><B><BR>Appearances. </B></I>The Breen plate is misidentified as this specimen.<BR><B><BR>Census. </B></I>There is not a single Mint State example of S-239 listed in Bland or Noyes. Four AU coins and several XF's are listed in the Bland Census, including this specimen from the Garrett Collection. <BR><BR><B>Provenance. </B></I><I>Garrett Collection; Johns Hopkins University (Bowers and Ruddy, 11/1979), lot 106, $1,200; Wade Hinderling; Gunther Garbe (Bowers and Merena, 3/1996), lot 347, $1,320; W.M. "Jack" Wadlington; Chris Victor-McCawley (7/2005).</B></I><BR><BR><B>Personality. Johns Hopkins University</B></I> was the beneficiary of the Garrett Collection of U.S. and Colonial coins, one of the most important collections ever assembled. The pieces were deaccessioned in a Stack's sale of 1976 and the more famous Bowers and Ruddy series of four sales from 1979 to 1981. The Garrett family has had a long history of philanthropy with Johns Hopkins, and the Evergreen House, a former residence, now contains one of the university's most prominent arts centers. To this day, the Evergreen House maintains the impressive Garrett family numismatic library.<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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