Lot 296
1803 S-263 R3. PCGS graded MS-61 Brown. CAC Approved. Choice glossy tan and light steel brown with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints and peeps of faded mint color in protected areas on both sides. The upper right part of the reverse shows a slightly darker shade of steel brown. Frosty mint luster covers the fields and protected areas on both sides. The notable marks are a half dozen nicks in the field before the portrait, a diagonal hairline scratch in the field off the chin, and a very faint scuff over the first T in STATES. E-MDS, Breen state II early. There is a very fine die crack reaching up to the right from the tip of the bust but it fades away long before it reaches the dentils opposite the mouth (which shows this crack begins at the bust, not the dentils as suggested by Breen). The strong die line through the bust and diagonal lump in the field before the tip of the nose that occur in the previous S-262 marriage are strong. This cent is plated in the 1945 Newcomb sale catalog, and both sides are plated in the 1991 Noyes reference to illustrate the variety. Graded AU50 and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #23295. Bland says EF45 and tied for CC#5. Our grade is AU58 sharpness net AU50+. The attribution and Newcomb-Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label. Pop 1; none finer at PCGS for the variety (PCGS # 36389) .
Estimated Value $8,000-UP.
Ex Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 2/7/1945:448-Willard C. Blaisdell 5/1975-Denis Loring 5/20/1975-C. Douglas Smith-Dr. Robert A. Schuman, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/5/2000:233 (includes the Newcomb and Superior sale lot tickets and the Doug Smith collection envelope).
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