Lot 619
1809 S-280 R2. NGC graded AU-53. Turban Head. Frosty steel brown with slightly darker steel brown and chocolate toning on the highpoints. There are hints of very faded mint color showing through in protected areas around the wreath. No roughness or verdigris and only a couple barely visible contact marks, including a tiny nick in the dentils right of star 13 and another off the tip of the wreath ribbon. A strong glass reveals some extremely faint hairlines around the date and at the top and bottom of the reverse. Well struck E-MDS, Breen state V. The repunching on the 9 is clear. Previously removed from a PCGS slab graded AU58 (PCGS label included). Excellent eye appeal and a great example of an 1809 cent. Our grade is EF45. The attribution and March Wells provenance are noted on the PCGS label.
Estimated Value $4,000-UP.
Ex a bourse dealer named Jones at the Ohio Numismatic Expo 5/92-Henry T. Hettger, Superior 2/18/01:2302.
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