Lot 424
1801 NC-4 R7. VG-8. Breen Plate Coin. Sharpness VF20 or slightly better but burnished and retoned a very glossy chocolate brown with delicate overtones of bluish steel. The only marks are some very tiny pits near the dentils left of the hair ribbon and a small pinprick between the bases of the B & E in LIBERTY. The date and legends are strong except for some weakness at the T in CENT due to an uneven strike. This is the Breen plate coin for the variety. It is also the discovery coin for the variety, although Sheldon waited until a second example turned up in 1963 before he confirmed it. Called VF25 net VG8 and CC#2 of 8 known in the Bland census. Noyes says VF20 net VG7 and also second finest of 8 known in his census, photo #20149. The CC#1 example in both census lists is only marginally superior to this piece. Removed from an NCS slab graded "VF details, burnished," and the NCS label is included. DWH #2566.
Estimated Value $5,000-UP.
Ex Charles J. Dupont, Stack's 9/54:344-Dorothy Nelson, Stack's 2/76:59-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/92-Eric Streiner 12/93-Wes Rasmussen, Heritage 1/13/05:3264 (the Rasmussen pedigree and attribution are noted on the NCS label).
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