Lot 622
1801 S-222 R1. PCGS graded AU-58. CAC Approved. Glossy light to medium brown with light olive brown toning on the devices and frosty golden tan toning in protected areas. A beautiful cent, just a few tiny ticks from flawless. The best identifying mark is a tiny planchet void on the right bottom of the numerator in the fraction. EDS, Breen state I, prior to any rim cud breaks on the obverse. Called AU55 and tied for CC#4 in the Bland census. Noyes says AU50 and CC#3, his photo #23949. Our grade is AU55. The attribution and Ralls provenance are shown on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; none finer. (PCGS # 36251) .
Estimated Value $4,000-UP.
Discovered in England-Lester Merkin 5/15/1965-C. Douglas Smith 1971-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/1986:328 (lot ticket included)-Dr. Philip W. Ralls.
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