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1814 1C Plain 4. MS64 Brown PCGS. S-295, B-2,

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:4,000.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1814 1C Plain 4. MS64 Brown PCGS. S-295, B-2,
<B>1814 1C Plain 4. MS64 Brown PCGS. S-295, B-2, R.1. </B></I> <B>Noyes AU55; tied for CC-10. Photo #34021. Our EAC Grade AU50.<BR><BR>Equivalents. </B></I>Proskey 2; Doughty 225; McGirk 2A; Clapp 2; EAC 2; <I>Encyclopedia </B></I>1789; PCGS #1576.<BR><B><BR>Variety. </B></I>Plain 4. Leaf point at center of D. The obverse appears on S-295. The reverse appears on S-295.<BR><B><BR>Surfaces. </B></I>Impressive, virtually flawless olive and gold surfaces retain traces of faded mint red on each side. A single mark below Liberty's chin and a few other microscopic blemishes are visible on the obverse. A bold strike; the narrow borders are complete on both sides, although the impression is imperfectly centered.<BR><BR><B>Die State VI. </B></I>An intermediate state. The die crack from star 11 to the lowest curl and the digit 8 is complete, but neither die shows any trace of clash marks or crumbling seen in later states.<BR><BR><B>Census. </B></I>Bland recorded a few selected Mint State examples of this variety in place of a comprehensive Census record.<BR><BR><B>Historical Note</B></I>. Montroville W. Dickeson comments about the 1814 cents: "Additional value has been attached to the issues of that year, in consequence of a rumor that it contained gold lost at the Mint at that time. Many cling to them with much tenacity on that account - the slightest basis for credulity being ardently responded to."<BR><BR><B>Provenance. </B></I><I>Gene Reale (Sotheby's, 1/1998), lot 54, $8,250.</B></I><BR><BR><B>Personality. Gene Reale</B></I> assembled a remarkable collection of large cents, and produced a full-color photographic record book that was published circa 1995 in an extremely limited edition. Cents from his collection are recorded in auction catalogs produced by Bowers and Merena in 1995 and Sotheby's in 1998.<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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