Lot 367
1800/179 NC-1 R8- Overdate 1800 over 179 with Style II Hair. VG-10. Noyes Plate Coin. Sharpness F12 with a light rim bruise left of L in LIBERTY, a dull rim nick at the second T in STATES, and small patches of very shallow verdigris at ON and NT in ONE CENT. Otherwise the planchet is smooth and attractive displaying only trivial signs of contact. Glossy chocolate brown with lighter steel brown highpoints, the reverse with hints of reddish chocolate tones in the protected areas. The date and legends are strong. The strike is a bit uneven, as always, with the bottom of the obverse and top of the reverse not as well struck as the remainder of the coin, a result of non-parallel die faces. LDS, Breen state II. The heavy die clashmarks on the left side of the reverse are clear. Called F12 and finest of 3 known in the Bland census. Noyes says F15 net VG10 and finest of three, photo #28294. (The second finest is in the ANS collection leaving only this coin and a G6 example available to collectors.) This is the Noyes plate coin. DWH #1788.
Estimated Value $15,000-UP.
Ex James E. Long, Jr. (purchased unattributed at the Westchester Coin Club Show on 4/14/91) 7/92-Larry Briggs, McCawley & Grellman Auctions, Inc., 1/9/93:82-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 1/27/96:271.
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| Realized $31,050 |
