Lot 197
1800 NC-4 R7- PCGS G4. Glossy medium chocolate brown and steel blending to darker olive brown and steel in protected areas. Looks smooth to the unaided eye, but a glass reveals very fine roughness in the fields and protected areas while the devices are smooth. No marks or verdigris. The date is easily readable although the bottom is starting to fade into the rim, and most of the legends are clear. Terminal die state, Breen state III, with a huge cud break covering much of the field behind the portrait. This is the largest cud break in the entire series of early large cents. The only other example known in the terminal state was also part of the Reynolds collection (see our auction 1/31/2016, lot 235, a PCGS graded G6). Graded AG3 and tied for CC#3 overall in the Bland census. Noyes says AG3 and tied for CC#5, his photo #26627. Our grade is AG3+. An extremely important cent for the collector of great die states. The attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label. Pop 1; 1 finer in 6 at PCGS for the variety . Estimate Value $2,000 - UP
Discovered unattributed in a Philadelphia Coin Shop 1/1985-James E. Long 1/20/1985-Jules Reiver, Heritage 1/24/2006:19484 (Reiver collection envelope included).
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