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1803 1C Small Date, Small Fraction. MS61 Brown

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:1,100.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1803 1C Small Date, Small Fraction. MS61 Brown
<B>1803 1C Small Date, Small Fraction. MS61 Brown PCGS. S-252, B-11, R.2.</B></I> <B>Bland AU50; tied for CC-3. Noyes AU50; tied for CC-4. Photo #22956. Our EAC Grade AU50.<BR><BR>Equivalents. </B></I>Proskey 8; Doughty 186; McGirk 6A; Ross 8; Newcomb 10; EAC 11; <I>Encyclopedia </B></I>1754; PCGS #1482.<BR><B><BR>Variety. </B></I>Small Date. LIB close, curl point at upright of B. Small Fraction. Low fraction bar, pierced berry below E of UNITED. The obverse appears on S-252. The reverse appears on S-250 and S-252.<BR><B><BR>Surfaces.</B></I> Subdued olive and darker brown surfaces with a few specks of steel-brown toning. Traces of tan and reddish-brown are evident on each side. A few abrasions on each side include some old scratches on Liberty's neck.<BR><BR><B>Die State I. </B></I>Several sets of reverse clash marks are visible, but no obverse die cracks had formed when this piece was struck.<BR><BR><B>Provenance. </B></I><I>Clinton Hollins; Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz (11/1974); C. Douglas Smith; Dr. Robert A. Schuman; Superior (6/2000), lot 219, $3,680.</B></I><BR><BR><B>Personality. </B></I>A dealer from Springfield, Virginia, <B>Clinton Hollins</B></I> actively handled early coppers. His EAC membership notice appeared in the July 1973 issue of <I>Penny-Wise</B></I>, the same issue that included new membership notices for Douglas F. Bird, William Noyes, Larry Goldberg, Charles Wormser, Herbert Oechsner, and Mark Borckardt, among others. Hollins remained active in the copper arena for several years, but seems to have shifted focus by the early 1980s.<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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