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1804 1C Middle Die State. VF20 PCGS. S-266b,

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:2,200.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1804 1C Middle Die State. VF20 PCGS. S-266b,
<B>1804 1C Middle Die State. VF20 PCGS. S-266b, B-1, R.2. </B></I> <B>Photo #59275. Our EAC Grade VG10.<BR><BR>Equivalents. </B></I>Proskey 1; Doughty 198; McGirk 1A; Clapp 1; EAC 1; <I>Encyclopedia </B></I>1760; PCGS #1504.<BR><B><BR>Variety. </B></I>Triple punched 4. High leaf below left corner of S. The obverse appears on S-266. The reverse appears on S-266.<BR><B><BR>Surfaces.</B></I> Mostly dark steel color with lighter reddish-brown on the highpoints of the obverse and reverse designs. The usual light handling marks are visible on the faintly rough surfaces. An attractive example of the important 1804 cent.<BR><B><BR>Die State III. </B></I>Better known as State "b" with an obverse rim break on RTY, but no reverse rim break. Breen lists four different die states, his first state requiring perfect, uncracked dies. The 1804 cents may not exist in the earliest die state. States II, III, and IV correspond with the earlier notation of S-266a, b, and c.<BR><BR><B>Commentary. </B></I>The middle die state is the scarcest of the three major, collectible die states of 1804 large cents. Due to the key-date status of the issue, third rarest date of the early large cents, some collectors are happy to have a single example in any of the three die states. Others, more serious in their copper pursuit, require three different examples.<BR><BR><B>Provenance. </B></I>No prior provenance has been located.<BR><BR><B>Personality. Philip Summers</B></I> was hired in 1804 as the Mint's doorkeeper, replacing his father who passed away early in the year. He was born in 1770 and died in 1824.<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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