Lot 358
1800/1798 S-190 R3 Overdate 1800 over 1798 with Style I Hair. VF-25. Breen Plate Coin. Ten points sharper with extremely fine porosity over much of the planchet, strongest in the field around the hair ribbon. There are some shallow low spots (from debris on the die) in the field around the date and under the bust tip, as struck. The notable contact marks are a dull nick on the left foot of the first A in AMERICA and very tiny rim nicks at the U in UNITED and over the second T in STATES. Glossy chocolate and steel brown. Very attractive in spite of the minor defects. EDS, Breen state I, before any die clashmarks on the reverse. This is the Breen plate coin for the variety. Called VF30 and tied for CC#5 in the Bland census. Noyes says VF30 net F15 and tied for CC#14, photo #32637. DWH #2794.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex E. A. Rice-Lester Merkin 3/24/64-C. Douglas Smith 1971-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/86:267-Walter Dudgeon-unknown-Stack’s 5/5/98:154-Jack Wadlington (via Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley) 6/30/05.
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| Realized $3,220 |
