Lot 123
1809 C-1 R4 PCGS XF Details, Scratched. Attractive glossy chocolate brown with traces of frosty lighter steel brown toning in a few of the protected areas on the obverse. Unfortunately there are a half dozen fine nearly vertical hairline scratches down the portrait, and most of these are well-hidden in the hair details. Otherwise the surfaces are smooth and this half cent offers excellent eye appeal. The only additional defect is a speck of verdigris on the lower left tip of star 7, and this is easy to miss. Nicely struck MDS, Manley state 2.0, with a clear die crack through the tops of MERICA and the reverse rotated 15 degrees CCW. This is the Breen plate coin for the variety on page 296 in his half cent encyclopedia. Tied for CC#4 honors in the Mike Spurlock census, CC#4 in the Jim McGuigan list, and third finest in the Breen list. This piece tied for second place behind the Missouri Cabinet example at the 2004 EAC Convention Half Cent Happening. Certainly a very important example of this rare variety, the toughest variety of the year. Our grade is VF35 sharpness net VF25+. The attribution and Green Tree Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. Only 6 graded records for the variety at PCGS. Estimate Value $8,000 - UP
Ex Hollinbeck Kagin sale #298, 9/11/1972:617-unknown-R. Tettenhorst 1985 (in trade)-Jim McGuigan Nov/Dec FPL 1/1/1986-Dr. Wallace Lee, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/25/2003:264-Bob Yuell (The Whister Collection), McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/4/2011:65-The Green Tree Collection.
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