Lot 77
1800 S-205 R4. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. The obverse is lustrous light brown; the reverse is lustrous medium steel brown and chocolate with lighter brown and tan in protected areas. Both sides are covered with satiny mint frost and the eye appeal is wonderful. The only notable marks are two puffs of dark olive brown toning (not carbon) in the field above the hair ribbon, a faint diagonal hairline scratch from the bottom of the T in LIBERTY into the field before the face, and a spot of dark toning under the first T in STATES. M-LDS, Breen state II late, with clashmarks and die cracks on both sides. Graded MS62 Choice and CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #21087. Bland says MS61 and CC#2 in his census. Our grade is MS60+. Comes with an unbroken provenance that reaches back over 100 years. The attribution and Doug Bird Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; none finer and only 2 graded MS at PCGS. (PCGS # 36203) Value $30,000 - UP
Ex Ralph R. Barker-Dr. Henry W. Beckwith 1/30/1919-Benjamin H. Collins-B. Max Mehl Collection-T. James Clarke 12/1954-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992-Eric Streiner, 1994 EAC Sale, lot 263-Tony Terranova-Chris McCawley 11/30/1996-Jack Wadlington 2005-Bob Grellman and Chris McCawley 2005-Walter Husak, Heritage Auctions 2/15/2008:2208-Walter Husak-Douglas F. Bird Collection (Husak lot ticket included).
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| Realized $21,000 |
