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1809 C-2 R3 AU50

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:999.00 USD Estimated At:NA
1809 C-2 R3 AU50
1809 C-2 R3 AU50. Closer to mint state but there is a light rim bruise at star 7 and several small stains of darker toning on the reverse. The obverse is lustrous medium brown with darker steel brown toning on the highest points of the design, and the reverse is frosty steel brown and light chocolate with splashes of darker chocolate and olive. A couple of these darker areas contain traces of extremely fine carbon. M-LDS, Manley state 3.0. Stars 2-6 are now connected by a fine die crack and the reverse is rotated 135 degrees CW. Called MS60 in the Breen census, and it has been graded at that level in several significant auctions. Near the top of the condition census for the variety, and it comes with a nice provenance.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.

Provenance: Ex Frederick R. Alvord-S. H. Chapman 6/9/1924:144-Thomas L. Elder 4/11/1925:2560-Hillyer Ryder (1928)-Ryder Estate 5/5/1945-Wayte Raymond Mail Bid Sale #11, 11/20/1945:34 (not sold)-New Netherlands Coin Co. #44, 6/1954:301-Emery May Holden Norweb-Raymond Henry Norweb, Jr., Bowers & Merena 10/12/1987:62 (as AU55) (lot ticket included).