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Fabulous 1800/79 S-192 Overdate
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1800/79 S-192 R3 Overdate 80 over 79, Style II Hair. PCGS graded MS-63+
Brown.
CAC APPROVED
. Choice lustrous uniform medium bluish steel brown
and light olive. Satiny mint frost covers this cent, even the highest points of the
devices, and it offers outstanding eye appeal. Essentially flawless. No spots or
stains, and the only marks are microscopic. A tiny planchet flake on the rim
between the L & I in LIBERTY, a very thin struck-through line connecting the
B & E in LIBERTY, and a small rim nick over the second S in STATES are the
notable marks. Sharply struck EDS, Breen state I, before any die cracks on the
reverse. The overdate feature is bold. A fabulous example of this popular overdate
type. According to the Noyes census, this piece and the S-194 that follows are the
finest examples of the 80/79 Overdate type known to exist, which makes them
especially important to collectors building those “Redbook” registry sets. Both
sides of this cent are plated in the 1879 Frossard monograph on the cents and
half cents of 1793-1857, and both sides are plated in the 1991 Noyes reference on
the cents of 1793-1814. Graded MS63 Choice and CC#1 as the only mint state
example of the variety in the Noyes census, his photo #20289. Bland says MS63
and CC#1 as the only mint state piece in his census.
Our grade is MS63+, very
close to MS64.
Comes with a great provenance that has been traced back well
over 100 years. The attribution and Bareford-Reynolds provenance are noted
on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 1; none finer at PCGS for the variety (PCGS #
36155)
Estimated Value...................................................................................... $35,000-UP
Ex William Fewsmith, Mason & Company-Mason & Company 10/1870:824-Wil-
liam J. Jenks, Edward Cogan 4/1877:717-George W. Merritt, Edouard Frossard
1/1879:133-L. F. Montanye, H. G. Sampson 4/1881:324-S. H. & H. Chapman-C. F.
Frothingham, H. G. Sampson 5/1883:75-Richard B. Winsor, S. H. & H. Chapman
12/16/1895:864-Dr. Thomas Hall 9/7/1909-Virgil M. Brand-B. G. Johnson (St.
Louis Stamp & Coin Co.) 2/21/1944-Arthur C. Fritz-Rudolph Khol-Federal Coin
Exchange FPL, 1952-Harold Bareford 9/13/1985-Herman Halpern 12/11/1986-R.
E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992-Eric Streiner-Bill Noyes 1/2006 (includes the Bareford
collection envelope).