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1803 1C Small Date, Large Fraction. AU58

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:950.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1803 1C Small Date, Large Fraction. AU58
<B>1803 1C Small Date, Large Fraction. AU58 Details, Cleaned, ANACS. S-257, B-16, R.2.</B></I> <B>Bland AU55; tied for CC-6. Noyes AU50; tied for CC-8. Photo #22960. Our EAC Grade AU50.<BR><BR>Equivalents. </B></I>Proskey 14; Doughty 192; McGirk 15A; Ross 14; Newcomb 15; EAC 16; <I>Encyclopedia </B></I>1756; PCGS #1485.<BR><B><BR>Variety. </B></I>Small Date. T repunched at left upright. Large Fraction. Six berries left. The obverse appears on S-257 and S-258. The reverse appears on S-257.<BR><B><BR>Surfaces.</B></I> Sea-green toning over tan and chestnut-brown surfaces. Faint hairlines and other minuscule imperfections are visible on each side.<BR><B><BR>Die State I. </B></I>Faint clash marks are visible on each side, but no evidence of die cracks or other imperfections are visible.<BR><B><BR>Appearances. </B></I>The Breen plate coin is misidentified as this specimen.<BR><B><BR>Provenance. </B></I><I>Horace Grant (2/1945), lot 71, $17.50; Homer K. Downing (New Netherlands, 1952 ANA), lot 1952, $85; C. Douglas Smith; Louis Helfenstein (Lester Merkin, 8/1964), lot 34, $900; C. Douglas Smith; Dr. Robert A. Schuman; Superior (6/2000), lot 224, $5,175; Chris Victor-McCawley (7/2005).</B></I><BR><B><BR>Personality. Horace Grant</B></I> operated the Hobby Shop in Providence, Rhode Island. He was born circa 1873 and died in January 1960. A member of the ANA since 1921 and a member of the ANS, Grant was also a past president of the Rhode Island Coin Club. In later years, he was joined by his son, Ernest, and grandson, Donald, in the operation of the business. The elder Grant retired in 1958, although he maintained an interest in the business until his death.<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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