Lot 204
1803 S-245 R3 PCGS graded MS62 Brown, CAC Approved. Lustrous steel brown and chocolate with ample faded mint red remaining visible on both sides. A beautiful cent with just a few trivial marks. The notable ones are a very light diagonal nick at the curl on the cheek, a couple very faint hairlines on the upper part of the neck, a nick-like planchet chip in the field off the chin, and a spot of very fine carbon at the dentils over the second T in STATES. Nicely struck EDS, Breen state I, before the tiny cud or chip at the left end of the crack through NITE. The die clashmarks before the portrait are sharp. Graded MS60 net AU55 and tied for CC#3 in the Noyes census, his photo #24146. Bland says MS61 and tied for CC#1. Our grade is MS60+. A wonderful cent that comes with a great provenance that includes many prominent collectors of early cents. The attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label. Pop 1; 3 finer at PCGS for the variety, 1 in 63+, 1 in 64, 1 in 65. Estimate Value $8,000 - UP
Ex Colonel E. H. R. Green-Burdette G. Johnson (St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.) 4/26/1943-Abe Kosoff-Oscar J. Pearl, Numismatic Gallery 1944 FPL, lot 184-unknown-1946 ANA Sale (Numismatic Gallery #38), lot 1441-Abe Kosoff 5/1955:1393-Glen Wallace-Abe Kosoff-Rare Coin Company of America 5/1974:913-Del Bland-Gordon Wrubel-Jerry A. Bobbe-Dennis Peltonen-Robert F. Bachelder-Del Bland 5/1979-Myles Z. Gerson 11/1981-Del Bland 1/1984-G. Lee Kuntz, Superior 10/6/1991:268-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 1/27/1996:340-Wes Rasmussen, Heritage 1/13/2005:3295-Tom Reynolds Collection (includes the Kuntz, Brown, and Rasmussen collection envelopes and the lot tickets from the Kuntz and Brown sales).
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