Lot 70
1800/79 S-194 R3 Overdate 80 over 79, Style II Hair. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. CAC. Choice lustrous bluish steel brown and light to medium chocolate with traces of lighter brown and golden tan faded down from mint color on both sides. Just a few trivial contact marks from flawless. The notable ones are a faint diagonal hairline from the ear to the chin, a light nick on the throat, and another tiny horizontal nick over the junction of the E & N in CENT. Nicely struck E-MDS, Breen state II. There is a fine die crack arcing through CA to the dentils left of the denominator but no cud breaks. The overdate feature is obvious to the unaided eye. A great example of this "Redbook" type. Called MS63 and tied for CC#1 in the Bland census. Noyes says MS60 and CC#2, his photo #24190, and he lists only 2 mint state examples of the variety. Our grade is MS63. The attribution and Doug Bird Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 2; 2 finer: 1 in 63+, 1 in 64. (PCGS # 36161) Value $30,000 - UP
Ex William Bono-1973 ANA Sale, Jess Peters #66, lot 1577-Garry F. Fitzgerald-Auction '86 (Stack's) 7/25/1986:10-James R. McGuigan 10/4/1980-Dr. Philip W. Ralls-Ralls Estate, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/26/2014:597-Douglas F. Bird Collection (Goldberg lot ticket included).
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| Realized $26,400 |
