Lot 255
1802 S-226 R3. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. CAC Approved. Highly lustrous steel and medium chocolate brown with a couple tiny peeps of faded mint color on the reverse. Satiny mint frost covers both sides of this cent and the eye appeal is outstanding. No spots or stains, virtually flawless. MDS, Breen state III, with a die crack through the tops of AMERI in addition to the usual narrow rim cud break under 802. Struck slightly off center to K-5. The strike is decent except for weakness on the bust tip and lowest curl, perhaps a result of being struck a bit off center toward the bottom of the planchet. This is the Breen plate coin for the variety. Graded MS62 and CC#1 with only 3 mint state examples in the Noyes census (and 1 of those is in the ANS), his photo #23274. Bland says MS61 and CC#1. Our grade is MS62. The attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label. Pop 1; none finer at PCGS for the variety (PCGS # 36293) .
Estimated Value $15,000-UP.
Ex Carl Wurtzbach, Barney Bluestone #76, 4/1943:1688-Judge Thomas L. Gaskill, New Netherlands Coin Co. (privately) 11/1956-Dorothy Paschal 1972-Del Bland 10/1972-C. Douglas Smith-Dr. Robert A. Schuman, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/18/2002:1253 (Superior lot ticket included).
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