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1802 S-236 R1 AU55.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:1,500.00 USD Estimated At:3,000.00 USD
1802 S-236 R1 AU55.
1802 S-236 R1. AU-55. The obverse is glossy dark steel brown and chocolate with frosty light brown toning faded down from mint color in the protected areas. The reverse is a lustrous lighter steel brown with lots of frosty light brown and golden tan in protected areas. There are extremely fine hairline covering the obverse fields, which are smooth and slightly reflective. The best identifying marks are all mint-made, and include a tiny planchet lamination at the dentils just left of the L in LIBERTY, a tiny planchet chip on the base of the E in STATES, and another under the foot of the F in OF. E-MDS, Breen state II, with a delicate bulge in the field left of the hair curls but before the additional die crack from the dentils right of the F in OF to the wreath. Called MS60 and tied for CC#3 in the Bland census. Noyes says MS60 net AU55 and tied for CC#2, photo #24393. Comes with a nice provenance. DWH #2809.
Estimated Value $3,000-UP.
Ex Henry C. Hines-Hillyer Ryder 5/45-Wayte Raymond 1948-Dr. William H. Sheldon-Dorothy Paschal-Joe Flynn, Sr.-Del Bland-Chuck Furjanic 5/19/74-C. Douglas Smith 5/88-G. Lee Kuntz, Superior 10/6/91:259-Gary Ruttenberg, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 8/17/96:222-Tom Reynolds 3/24/97-Jack Wadlington (via Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley) 6/30/05.

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