Lot 204
1814 S-294 R1 Crosslet 4. PCGS graded MS-61 Brown. Very attractive glossy chocolate and steel brown with frosty flowline luster showing in protected areas. Sharply struck with excellent eye appeal. The notable marks are a spot of dark crud on the right side of the N in ONE, another at the left top of the F in OF, and another in the dentils over the A in STATES. This crud looks like wax and may be easily removable. Otherwise a tiny vertical pinscratch between the bust tip and star 1 and a barely visible rim bruise under the end of the wreath stem can serve as good identifying marks. E-MDS, Breen state I, before the reverse die began to fail at the top. Struck very slightly off center to K-5. Called AU55 net EF45 in the Noyes census, his photo #39056. Our grade is About Uncirculated-50. This was one of the cents exchanged between Ted Naftzger and the ANS after it was determined that the S-294 he bought from Dr. Sheldon in 1972 had been improperly removed from the ANS Museum many years earlier. See the lot description for the 1803 S-254 earlier in this sale for a more complete explanation. PCGS population 1 with none finer.
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500.
Ex ANS Museum 1/26/2001-R. E. Naftzger, Jr. (Comes with no additional provenance information. It is reasonable to assume this cent was once owned by Dr. Sheldon.).
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