Lot 43
1802 S-241 R1 Stemless Wreath PCGS graded AU55, CAC Approved. Variety with a Doubled Fraction Bar. Frosty chocolate brown with lighter steel brown and golden tan faded down from mint color in protected areas and darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. Mint luster shows in the protected areas on both sides, particularly on the reverse. The notable marks are a faint puff of slightly darker toning in the field off the end of the nose, a nick or planchet flake in the field left of the base of the L in LIBERTY, and a barely visible rim nick under the 1 in the date. EDS, Breen state I. There are strong die clashmarks in the field before the neck and the reverse is uncracked. The Stemless Wreath, Doubled Fraction Bar, and Boldly Doubled Second S in STATES features are obvious. Our grade is EF45. The attribution and Koshkarian provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; 2 finer, 1 in 58+, 1 in 64 for the variety. Estimate Value $3,000 - UP
Ex Hogan Pond Collection, American Numismatic Rarities 3/2005:1138-Doug Bird 3/2005 (lot ticket included).
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