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1808 C-3 R1 AU50

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:999.00 USD Estimated At:2,000.00 USD and UP
1808 C-3 R1 AU50
1808 C-3 R1 AU50. Glossy bluish steel brown and chocolate blending to light olive on the reverse. Traces of golden tan faded down from mint color can be found in some of the protected areas on both sides. No spots or stains and only a few trivial contact marks. The only notable marks are a very faint curved hairline scratch in the field off the tip of the nose, a tick on the right top of the first 8, and a tiny rim nick right of the neck. E-MDS, Manley state 2.0, with faint vertical die rust streaks in the field before the portrait. Struck slightly off center to K-3. Most of the dentils are clear and the reverse is rotated 10 degrees CCW. Removed from a PCGS slab graded AU58 (PCGS label included, #1107.58/3716836). Noyes photo #73622. Weight 82.1 grains.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.

Provenance: Ex Joseph H. Spray, Stack's 4/1978:37-Martin Baer, Bowers & Merena 1989 ANA SALE, 8/9/1989:1141-Bill Weber, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/2/2002:2350.