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

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:3,250.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1803 1C Small Date, Small Fraction. AU58 PCGS.
<B>1803 1C Small Date, Small Fraction. AU58 PCGS. S-247, B-5, R.3.</B></I> <B>Bland XF45; tied for CC-6. Noyes XF40; tied for CC-7. Photo #20366. Our EAC Grade XF45.<BR><BR>Equivalents. </B></I>Proskey 4; Doughty 182; McGirk 4A; Ross 4; Newcomb 5; EAC 5; <I>Encyclopedia </B></I>1754; PCGS #1482.<BR><B><BR>Variety. </B></I>Small Date. "Mumps" variety, die chip at throat. Small Fraction. Short fraction bar. The obverse appears on S-246, S-247, S-248, and S-249. The reverse appears on S-247.<BR><B><BR>Surfaces.</B></I> Olive and maroon surfaces with hints of chestnut on each side. An attractive and smooth example with minor abrasions as expected. A small rough patch on each side is the result of grease or some similar substance on the die.<BR><B><BR>Die State I. </B></I>The mumps feature is prominent on this example. Faint clash marks are visible on each side, especially through BERT.<BR><B><BR>Provenance. </B></I><I>Judge Joseph Sawicki (Stack's, 2/1954), lot 610, $140; Dorothy Paschal (1972); Robinson S. Brown, Jr. (Superior, 9/1986), lot 365, $1,045; Gary Ruttenberg (McCawley and Grellman, 8/1996), lot 237, $1,760.</B></I><BR><BR><B>Personality. </B></I>The Polish-born <B>Judge Joseph F. Sawicki</B></I> served for 15 years as a municipal court judge in Cleveland, Ohio. Though he entertained the idea of selling his collection in 1936, going so far as to place an advertisement in <I>The Numismatist</B></I>, the majority of his large cent collection was sold by Stack's in February 1954, with a handful of other pieces offered at the ANA Auction of 1964.<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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