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1802 1C MS64 Brown PCGS. S-234, B-14, R.3

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:9,500.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1802 1C MS64 Brown PCGS. S-234, B-14, R.3
<B>1802 1C MS64 Brown PCGS. S-234, B-14, R.3.</B></I> <B>Bland MS61; tied for CC-2. Noyes MS62; CC-2. Photo #29318. Our EAC Grade MS60+.<BR><BR>Equivalents. </B></I>McGirk 19A; Newcomb 12; EAC 12; <I>Encyclopedia </B></I>1749; PCGS #1470.<BR><B><BR>Variety. </B></I>Curl point below upright of B. Leaf point below upright of D, nine berries. The obverse appears on S-234. The reverse appears on S-234, S-235, and S-236.<BR><B><BR>Surfaces.</B></I> Lustrous medium brown surfaces with swirls of dark steel toning on the obverse. The reverse is lighter brown with considerable faded mint red and faint traces of bluish toning. A faint vertical die crack in the left obverse field is the only imperfection on either side of this beautiful cent. The reverse is rotated about 30 degrees clockwise.<BR><B><BR>Die State IV. </B></I>A jumbled mess of die cracks, clash marks, and rim breaks are visible through LIBERTY and at the bottom of the reverse.<BR><B><BR>Census. </B></I>An important and scarce die marriage that is represented by just three Mint State coins, including the present specimen, second finest known in the Condition Census.<BR><B><BR>Provenance. </B></I><I>Swiss Coin Fair (Switzerland, 10/1976); Michael Graham; Allen Harriman; Auction '81, (Superior), lot 520, $7,400; C. Douglas Smith; Herman Halpern (Stack's, 3/1988), lot 211, $8,800; Andrew Hain (Stack's, 1/2002), lot 748, $18,400; Chris Victor-McCawley.</B></I><BR><BR><B>Personality. Andrew Hain</B></I>, along with his brother John, assembled a fine collection of early American and Colonial pieces that was offered by Stack's in January 2002. While the family collection is best remembered for its extensive selection of Massachusetts Colonial-era silver, it included a number of Condition Census early large cents as well.<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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