Lot 366
1800/179 S-196 R1 Overdate 1800 over 179 with Style II Hair. EF-45 Plus. Glossy chocolate and olive brown with traces of frosty lighter brown faded down from mint color remaining in protected areas. No roughness, and the only marks are a trio of tiny rim nicks at ES-O at the top of the reverse. Great eye appeal, very close to AU50. LDS, Breen state III, with a clear die crack from the dentils down through the E in LIBERTY extending well into the hair below. The central details of the obverse near the earlobe are blunted a bit by the late die state, as are the fine details in the wreath, but the surfaces are outstanding and there is very little actual wear on either side. Called EF45 and tied for CC#3 in the Noyes and Bland census lists, Noyes photo #21807. Removed from a PCGS slab graded AU53 (PCGS label included, and it shows the attribution and Husak provenance). PCGS Population 1; The only example graded at PCGS for the variety. DWH #3483.
Estimated Value $10,000-UP.
Ex A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd. (London)-New Netherlands Coin Co #56, 6/1962:500-Richard Picker-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., Bowers & Merena 3/02:1129-Walter Husak, Heritage 2/15/08:2199.
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| Realized $9,775 |
