Lot 306
1807 S-274 R2 Small Fraction. PCGS graded AU-53. Very attractive glossy chocolate brown and steel with peeps of frosty lighter steel brown toning in protected areas on the reverse. A beautiful cent displaying very light friction on the highpoints and only a few trivial signs of contact. The notable marks are a light diagonal nick on the throat, another in the field left of the lower curls, and a very dull pinprick over the right side of the 0 in the date. MDS Breen state III, showing clear die clashmarks on both sides. There is a die crack from the bottom of the first S in STATES to the leaf under the adjacent T and another down from the dentils between the T & A. The area at STA is raised causing some weakness on those letters but everything else is nicely struck. Graded EF40 and tied for CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo #38863. Not seen by Bland. Our grade is EF40 choice. The attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label. Pop 1; 2 finer at PCGS for the variety, 1 in AU55 and 1 in MS64 (PCGS # 36445) .
Estimated Value $6,000-UP.
Ex Bowers & Merena 11/11/1999:329 (lot ticket included).
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