Lot 72
1800/79 S-196 R1 Overdate 80 over 79, Style II Hair. PCGS graded MS-62 Brown. Lustrous medium steel brown and light chocolate. Mint frost covers the fields and protected areas on both sides and this cent has mint state eye appeal in spite of a touch of friction on the highest points of the devices. No spots or stains, only a few minor contact marks including a dull nick in the drapery over 00 and a small contact mark close over the upper end of the hair ribbon. LDS, Breen state III, with a die crack down through the E in LIBERTY and the portrait to the truncation over the 8. Breen notes this crack reaches into the hair, but it clearly extends all the way down to the truncation on this example. Graded AU50 net EF45 and tied for CC#3 in the Noyes census, his photo #22592. Bland says EF45 and tied for CC#3. Both census takers evaluated this cent while it had a layer of dirt hiding the mint luster. That dirt has been removed and the true beauty of this cent has been uncovered. Our grade is AU55. The attribution and Doug Bird Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; none finer. The only MS graded at PCGS. (PCGS # 36167) Value $10,000 - UP
Ex Heritage Auctions 10/5/1989:33-Douglas F. Bird Collection (lot ticket included).
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