Lot 371
1800 S-198 R5+. Fine-12. Noyes Plate Coin. Glossy uniform chocolate and steel. The surfaces are smooth and are affected by only light contact marks. The notable marks are a tiny rim bruise just above the bust tip, another left of the L in LIBERTY, a thin horizontal nick in the hair near the top of the head, and a shallow dent or planchet flake in the hair at the back of the head, plus a thin planchet void slanting between the 8 and first 0 in the date. A faint hairline scratch shows in the field before the portrait if you catch the light at just the right angle. MDS, Breen state III. A fine die cracks arcs through ICA. Listed as VG10 and tied for finest known honors with one other piece in the Bland census. Noyes also grades this piece VG10 and says it is CC#1 by itself, his photo #27758. Your cataloger has long felt this cent deserves a slightly higher grade. Removed from a PCGS slab graded VF20 (PCGS label included, and it shows the attribution and Husak provenance). Plated in the Noyes book to illustrate the die variety. PCGS Population 1; The only example graded at PCGS for the variety. DWH #3484.
Estimated Value $15,000-UP.
Ex Douglas Hughes 1/15/86-Jack Robinson, Superior 1/29/89:416-John R. Frankenfield, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/17/01:459-Walter Husak, Heritage 2/15/08:2201.
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| Realized $24,150 |
