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1803 1C Small Date, Small Fraction. MS64 Brown

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. MS64 Brown
<B>1803 1C Small Date, Small Fraction. MS64 Brown PCGS. S-245, B-2, R.3.</B></I> <B>Bland MS60; tied for CC-5. Noyes AU55; tied for CC-4. Photo #23220. Our EAC Grade AU55.<BR><BR>Equivalents. </B></I>Proskey 11; Doughty 189; McGirk 9A; Ross 11; Newcomb 3; EAC 3; <I>Encyclopedia </B></I>1755; PCGS #1482.<BR><B><BR>Variety. </B></I>Small Date. Top of hair unfinished. Small Fraction. Die scratch from left stem. The obverse appears on S-245. The reverse appears on 1802 S-242 and 1803 S-245.<BR><B><BR>Surfaces.</B></I> Frosty chocolate-brown with splashes of olive, steel, gold, and maroon on each side. The obverse has a tiny scratch between BE and the reverse has minor verdigris.<BR><B><BR>Die State I. </B></I>Heavy obverse clash marks, with reverse die cracks through the tops of NITE and ERICA. <BR><B><BR>Provenance. </B></I><I>Henry C. Colvin (French's, 10/1962), lot 137, $60; C. Douglas Smith (3/1992); Eric Streiner; Superior (10/1992), lot 128, $6,875; C. Douglas Smith; Dr. Robert A. Schuman; Superior (6/2000), lot 209, $9,200.</B></I><BR><BR><B>Personality. Dr. Robert A. Schuman, </B></I>a native of Baltimore, is a radiologist in Scranton, Pennsylvania. His collecting interests began at the age of 10, and he once worked for Thomas Warfield at the Mason-Dixon Coin Exchange. During that employment from 1958 to 1963, Schuman learned to attribute and appreciate large cents, with a special interest in 1794s. In 1971 he realized that the 1794 S-19b in the Masters Sale was misattributed as S-18b, and acquired the coin at that sale, achieving national recognition among large cent collectors.<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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