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1803 1C Small Date, Small Fraction. AU55

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:700.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1803 1C Small Date, Small Fraction. AU55
<B>1803 1C Small Date, Small Fraction. AU55 Details, Repaired, Tooled, Whizzed, ANACS. S-253, B-12, R.2. </B></I> <B>Noyes AU50; tied for CC-5. Photo #34187. Our EAC Grade XF40.<BR><BR>Equivalents. </B></I>Proskey 5; Doughty 183; McGirk 5A; Ross 5; Newcomb 11; EAC 12; <I>Encyclopedia </B></I>1754; PCGS #1482.<BR><B><BR>Variety. </B></I>Small Date. Date close, 3 touches drapery. Small Fraction. Die chip follows 100. The obverse appears on S-253. The reverse appears on S-253.<BR><B><BR>Surfaces.</B></I> Cleaned and recolored with light olive and chestnut color, accompanied by lighter reddish-brown. Evidence of burnishing remains on the obverse.<BR><B><BR>Die State IV. </B></I>The obverse has a faint crack from the border to drapery right of the 3. The reverse has several die cracks of varying intensity.<BR><B><BR>Census. </B></I>Bland only lists two Mint State and five AU coins in his Census, followed by four XF45's. This piece would likely rank about 12th finest in his Census.<BR><BR><B>Commentary. </B></I>This die marriage is one of several 1803 varieties that combine a single-use obverse die with a single-use reverse die. Attempting to create an emission sequence among such coins is nearly impossible. Actually, it is impossible. The best advanced students can hope to obtain is an approximation. All major types are grouped together, such as all Small Date, Small Fraction varieties, followed by Small Date, Large Fraction varieties, etc. The problem is a determination of the actual production order of several varieties that are not die-linked.<BR><BR><B>Provenance. </B></I><I>Superior (1/1995), lot 36, $935.</B></I><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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