Lot 368
1800/179 NC-2 R6+ Overdate 1800 over 179 with Style II Hair. VG-7. Sharpness VF30 but the surfaces are lightly corroded, strongest on the reverse. The obverse is slightly glossy but the reverse is matte. There is a light rim bruise right of the Y in LIBERTY and a small pitmark in the field bear the rim left of the hair ribbon. Very dark steel with shallow reddish verdigris in some of the protected areas. The date is bold and the legends are strong in spite of the roughness. Unique intermediate die state with a partial cud break at the rim over the bust tip. The characteristic straight-line die crack that joins the rim from the bust tip to the rim opposite the chin is strong. This example, unlike all others known today, has a clear, strong cud break in the middle of this straight-line crack. All others have either the straight-line crack or a full cud break the entire length of that crack. The discovery of this unique intermediate die state was announced in Pennywise in the September 1999 issue on page 271, where it is plated. This is an ugly cent but an extremely rare variety in a unique die state. Called VF20 net G5 and tied for CC#6 overall in the Noyes census, his photo #59191. Still one of the finest of only 14 known of the die variety, and this is (arguably) the sharpest of them all. DWH #2680.
Estimated Value $3,000-UP.
Ex Putnam Rare Coins 2/99-Henry T. Hettger, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/18/01:2232-John Pijewski, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/29/05:1363.
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