Lot 537
1806 S-270 R1. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. Breen Plate Coin. Frosty medium brown with steel brown toning on the highpoints and a couple small splashes of darker olive toning at the lower curls. The surfaces are frosty and attractive, but there is a faint, disjointed diagonal hairline scratch from the drapery above the 0 in the date across the bust into the field before the neck. LDS, Breen die state IV. There are multiple sets of die clashmarks on both sides and delicate bulges in the field left of the lowest curl and at the 06 in the date. Called MS61 and tied for CC#2 honors in the Bland census. Noyes says MS60 net AU55 and tied for CC#6, his photo #31598. Our grade is MS60. This is the Breen plate coin for the variety. PCGS Population 1; Finest graded at PCGS for the variety. DWH #2831.
Estimated Value $20,000-UP.
Ex Dr. Henry W. Beckwith, S. H. Chapman 4/27/1923:36-William Festus Morgan, J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #287, 6/1932:80-T. James Clarke 10/54-R. E. Naftzger, Jr.-Abe Kosoff 4/56:111-Harold Bareford 9/13/85-Herman Halpern, Stack’s 3/88:256-John B. MacDonald 2/20/97-Jack Wadlington (via Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley) 11/7/05.
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| Realized $32,200 |
