Lot 443
1802 S-229 R2+. VF-30. Newcomb Plate Coin. Glossy chocolate brown with darker olive brown toning covering much of the right side of the obverse. Smooth surfaces with only a few minor marks, including a small patch of very light pinscratches in the field close over the bust, a small nick on the rim at the T in UNITED, and a very tiny rim bruise at the second T in STATES. MDS, Breen state V. A pair of die cracks are present at ERTY and there is a fine die crack through the top of TES in STATES. The obverse is plated in the Newcomb book on the cents of 1801-1803. Called VF30 and tied for CC#11 in the Bland census. Noyes says VF35 net VF25 and tied for CC#13, his photo #25030. Removed from an NGC slab graded AU50 (NGC label included). Comes with a nice provenance. NGC Population 1; One finer AU-58 at NGC for the variety. DWH #2567.
Estimated Value $1,500-UP.
Ex Henry C. Hines-Dr. William H. Sheldon-C. Douglas Smith-Ellen Enzler-Numismatic and Antiquarian Service Corp. of America 12/78:2635-unsold-Ellen Enzler-Joseph Lepczyk #56, 3/84:15-unsold-Ellen Enzler-Downie Lepczyk Auctions Ltd. #69, 8/86:1393-unsold-Ellen Enzler-Superior 1/90:429-Wes Rasmussen, Heritage 1/13/05:3275 (the Rasmussen provenance and attribution are noted on the NGC label).
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