Lot 356
1800/1798 NC-6 R6+ Overdate 1800 over 1798 with Style I Hair. Fine-15 Plus. Noyes Plate Coin. Sharpness near EF40, especially on the obverse, but the area around ED ST has been abraded to remove roughness confined to that area. The repair was not done with much skill and that area is covered with very fine pinscratches and is wavy from metal removal. The remainder of the planchet is attractive and shows only minor defects, including a small planchet chip just left of the date (as struck), some microscopic roughness in the field left of the L in LIBERTY, and very faint hairline scratches in the fields on both sides. Nicely retoned glossy medium brown and chocolate. Except for the repaired area at ED-ST, this cent has excellent eye appeal. And in spite of the defects, this cent is finest known by a wide margin. The attribution points are sharp. Plated in the Noyes book to illustrate the variety. Called EF40 net VF25 by Bland while Noyes says VF35 net F15, his photo #21714. CC#1 in both census lists by a wide margin as the second finest grades only VG7. Removed from an NCS slab graded "AU details, reverse repaired." DWH #2563.
Estimated Value $10,000-UP.
Ex R. L. Miles, Jr., Stack's 4/10/69:100-R. E. Naftzger, Jr. 2/23/92-Eric Streiner 1/94-Wes Rasmussen, Heritage 1/13/05:3222. The Rasmussen provenance and attribution are noted on the NCS label.
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