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1803 1C Small Date, Large Fraction. AU58 PCGS.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:6,000.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1803 1C Small Date, Large Fraction. AU58 PCGS.
<B>1803 1C Small Date, Large Fraction. AU58 PCGS. S-261, B-20, R.2.</B></I> <B>Bland AU55; tied for CC-2. Noyes XF40; CC-9. Photo #23146. Our EAC Grade XF45.<BR><BR>Equivalents. </B></I>Proskey 18; Doughty 196; McGirk 19A; Ross 18; Newcomb 19; EAC 20; <I>Encyclopedia </B></I>1757; PCGS #1485.<BR><B><BR>Variety. </B></I>Small Date. Wide date, 3 buried in drapery. Large Fraction. Long fraction bar. The obverse appears on S-261. The reverse appears on S-260 and S-261.<BR><B><BR>Surfaces.</B></I> Olive and dark brown surfaces are accompanied by deep steel toning spots on the obverse, and considerable brick red patina on the reverse, with some very light corrosion. The surfaces on both sides are moderately abraded. Sharply struck with strong detail and complete borders.<BR><B><BR>Die State IV. </B></I>The arc crack through the lower left part of the obverse is fully developed with buckling behind the lower curls. This die state is similar to that of S-258, but starts between the 8 and 0, rather than through the 1 as on the other variety.<BR><B><BR>Appearances. </B></I>The obverse is illustrated in Newcomb and Noyes (1991). The obverse and reverse are illustrated in Breen's <I>Large Cent Encyclopedia.</B></I><BR><BR><B>Provenance. </B></I><I>Howard R. Newcomb (J.C. Morgenthau, 2/1945), lot 445, $10; James G. Macallister; Charles Green (1950); C. Douglas Smith; Dr. Robert A. Schuman; Superior (9/2004), lot 569, $6,325.</B></I><BR><BR><B>Personality. Charles Green</B></I> and his wife Ruth, operated a coin business under the name R. Green. They also operated the Numismatic Book Shop in Chicago. Charles Elmore Green was born April 7, 1894. He was a veteran of World War I who spent five years in a veteran's hospital recovering from injuries. The couple conducted nine auctions between 1941 and 1954. Green compiled a <I>Mint Record and Type Table of United States Coins</B></I> and served as a contributor to the <I>Handbook of United States Coins</B></I> (the Blue Book). He and his wife also reprinted Crosby's <I>Colonial Coins of America</B></I>. Charles Green died on December 21, 1955; Ruth died on February 10, 1979.<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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