Lot 88
1801 S-224 R1. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. Glossy medium brown and chocolate with traces of golden tan faded down from mint color on the obverse and bluish steel overtones on the reverse. Fine satiny mint frost covers this cent and the eye appeal is outstanding. No spots, stains, or planchet defects. Essentially flawless. The best identifying mark is an extremely faint hairline parallel with the bottom of the L in LIBERTY. EDS+, Breen state I, with die clashmarks on both sides but without the rim break at AME. Graded MS60 and finest known in the Noyes census as the only truly mint state example of the die variety, his photo #33741. Bland says AU55 and CC#1. Our grade is MS60+ and a good argument could be made for an even higher grade. This is the plate coin for the variety in Dr. Sheldon's Penny Whimsy. Another great cent with a superb provenance. The attribution and Doug Bird Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; none finer and the only MS graded at PCGS. (PCGS # 36254) Value $22,500 - UP
Ex Peter Mougey, Thomas L. Elder #43, 9/1/1910:45-S. H. Chapman-Allison W. Jackman, Henry Chapman 6/28/1918:715-Wayte Raymond (The United States Coin Co.)-Virgil M. Brand, 1948 ANA Sale (Frank Katen, Milford Coin & Stamp Co. #8) lot 1009-C. Douglas Smith-Louis Helfenstein, Lester Merkin 8/14/1964:23 (plated)-C. Douglas Smith-William R. T. Smith-Gene Reale, Bowers & Merena 8/1995:15-Gene Reale-M. Kramer 8/1995-Douglas F. Bird Collection (includes the Smith collection envelope).
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