Lot 357
1800/1798 NC-5 R8- Overdate 1800 over 1798 with Style I Hair. VG-10 Plus. Discovery Coin. Plated in Breen and Noyes. Slightly sharper with a few too many light nicks for the sharpness grade. The notable marks are a dull rim nick at B in LIBERTY, a thin nick on the bust tip, and a boomerang-shaped nick in the center of the jawline. Nice glossy dark chocolate brown. The bottom of the obverse and top of the reverse are not quite fully struck due to non-parallel die faces. The cud break at F-AME is obvious and the other attribution points are clear. This is the plate coin in the Breen and Noyes books, and is the discovery coin for the variety. EDS. Comes with the usual cud break that covers the tops of F-AME, which is always found on this reverse, but it does not have the additional retained cud break at UN that is present on one example. Obviously this reverse die broke apart quickly, which accounts for its early retirement and the resulting rarity of the variety. Graded F12 net VG10 and finest of three known in the Noyes census, his photo #20195. Bland also says VG10 and finest of only three. DWH #1787.
Estimated Value $15,000-UP.
Ex Dr. Stanley Q. West (purchased unattributed by him from an old Philadelphia collection in 1965) 11/65-Dr. William H. Sheldon 4/19/72-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/92-Eric Streiner 8/13/92-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 1/27/96:262.
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| Realized $28,750 |
