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1803 1C Small Date, Small Fraction. XF45 PCGS.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:1,100.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1803 1C Small Date, Small Fraction. XF45 PCGS.
<B>1803 1C Small Date, Small Fraction. XF45 PCGS. S-248, B-6, R.4. </B></I> <B>Noyes VF20; tied for CC-16. Photo #20130. Our EAC Grade VF25.<BR><BR>Equivalents. </B></I>McGirk 4B; Newcomb 6; EAC 6; <I>Encyclopedia </B></I>1754; PCGS #1482.<BR><B><BR>Variety. </B></I>Small Date. "Mumps" variety, die chip at throat. Small Fraction. Doubled fraction bar. The obverse appears on S-246, S-247, S-248, and S-249. The reverse appears on S-248.<BR><B><BR>Surfaces.</B></I> Medium olive-brown on the obverse, slighter deeper brown on the reverse. Smooth and pleasing surfaces with a few tiny abrasions, including an old scratch in the right obverse field.<BR><B><BR>Die State II. </B></I>The obverse has a minor die swell and the reverse has a faint crack through MERI.<BR><B><BR>Provenance. </B></I><I>Dr. George P. French (B. Max Mehl, 1929 FPL), lot 335, $20; C. Douglas Smith; Harold Bareford (1985); Herman Halpern (3/1988), lot 227, $550.</B></I><BR><B><BR>Personality. Harold Bareford</B></I> was born in the mid-1890s in Millville, New Jersey, and died on April 10, 1978. He graduated from Cornell University, served in the Army during World War I and returned to the Army to serve in World War II. Living in Plainfield, New Jersey, Bareford practiced law at the firm Thomas and Friedman, with which he was associated for 30 years. His numismatic activities included service as president of the New York Numismatic Club from 1959 to 1961, and appointment to the 1969 Assay Commission. His collection, though not his large cents, was dispersed in a series of auctions and private sales conducted by Stack's from 1978 to 1985. After his death, his cents were sold privately by his son to Herman Halpern.<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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