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***Auction Highlight*** 1800 S-197 Draped Bust Large Cent 1c Graded vf35 By SEGS (fc)

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:794.17 - 1,588.33 USD
***Auction Highlight*** 1800 S-197 Draped Bust Large Cent 1c Graded vf35 By SEGS (fc)
***Auction Highlight*** 1800 S-197 Draped Bust Large Cent 1c Graded vf35 By SEGS. This variety, long called the "Q" variety for the shape of the spalling breaks near the date, appears in a collectible array of die states. This piece shows a state equivalent to Breen's State III, though what he terms "nearly horizontal cracks" in Liberty's hair are actually lapping lines, or more likely lathe marks, as is the line from the lowest curl through 18 of the date. The die clashes the lapping was meant to correct have left an impression of denticles from below the date to 9:00 on the obverse, impressions of the tip of Liberty's bust beneath ES OF on the reverse, along with more evidence in the center right and lower right portions of the wreath. The clash marks are far from the worst of the abuse these dies had to endure, however. A substantial chunk has fallen from the top of the obverse, leaving a wedge-shaped break between IB of LIBERTY. Another break is present below BE of that word, and the spalling eruptions that give this variety its moniker are prominent among the 00 digits of the date. Other spalling is seen at the lower left of the hair ribbon, in the distant lower right obverse field, on either side of the fraction bar, and below TE of STATES.This coin does not represent the finest work the coining shop of the First Philadelphia Mint could produce.