Lot 108
1803 S-251 R2. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. CAC. Glossy chocolate brown and steel with golden tan faded down from mint color in the protected areas. Darker steel brown and olive toning covers the highpoints on both sides. There is a puff of darker toning near the dentils before the eye and a thin band of mint red at the dentil tips before the portrait, and these features can be used to identify this cent. Nicely struck E-MDS, Breen state II, with die clashmarks on both sides and swelling under the lowest curl. The repunching on the second S in STATES and M in AMERICA is clear. Not seen by Noyes. Bland graded MS60 and tied for CC#3 in his census. Our grade is MS60. The attribution and Doug Bird Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 3; 2 finer: 1 in 63+, 1 in 64. (PCGS # 36368) Value $12,500 - UP
Grant Pierce, Stack's 5/1965:64-unknown-Stack's 6/1968:2-unknown-Stack's 9/1974:35-unrecorded-Douglas F. Bird Collection.
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