Lot 356
1807 S-274 R2 Small Fraction PCGS graded AU55, CAC Approved. Choice medium steel brown and chocolate with frosty lighter brown and tan faded down from mint color in protected areas, especially on the reverse. No roughness, only minor contact marks including a small tick or flake on the throat and a tiny nick on the truncation over the 0 in the date. There are traces of loose dirt in protected areas around some of the devices on both sides and this looks like a cent that has never been brushed or "improved" in any way. Breen die state III with a couple fine die cracks at STA and minor swelling in that area. The obverse is slightly misaligned to K-9 and the bust tip is softly struck as often seen on this variety. Apparently this is a new discovery of the variety and it is not included in the Noyes or Bland census lists. Our grade is EF40+, close to EF45, and CC#3 for the variety. It is slightly finer than the Reynolds example we sold as lot #306 in our 1/31/2016 sale (PCGS AU53, our grade EF40, sold for $54,050). The other PCGS graded AU55 example (our grade EF45) sold as lot #57 in our 2/12/2017 sale where it brought $61,687.50. The attribution is noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 2; 1 finer in 64BN. Estimate Value $25,000 - UP
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