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1800/79 S-194 R3 Overdate 80 over 79, Style II Hair. PCGS graded MS-63
Brown.
Lustrous medium steel brown and light chocolate with frosty lighter
steel brown and tan covering the protected areas, especially on the reverse.
Sharply struck and very attractive, nearly choice. The notable marks are a
diagonal nick midway between the L and hair ribbon and a small splash of
slightly darker olive brown toning near the dentils off the lower end of the
hair ribbon. The reverse is flawless except for some microscopic specks of
slightly darker chocolate toning. MDS, Breen state V early. The rim cuds at
ICA to the denominator are small due to die alignment but they are vis-
ible, and the additional die clashmarks right of RTY seen in state VI are
not present. Another great example of the 1800/79 overdate variety, and it
comes with a long provenance that includes several prominent collectors
of early cents. This is the Noyes plate coin for the variety in his 1991 refer-
ence. Graded MS63 and CC#1 in the Noyes census which lists only 2 mint
state examples, his photo #21719. Bland says MS61 and CC#4.
Our grade
is MS62
. The attribution and Naftzger-Reynolds provenance are noted on
the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 3; none finer at PCGS for the variety
(PCGS #
36161)
Estimated Value ..............................................................................$20,000-UP
Ex Joseph Zanoni-Thomas Cleneay, S. H. & H. Chapman 12/1890:1817-Pe-
ter Mougey-William H. Woodin, Thomas L. Elder #43, 9/1910:42-Henry
Chapman-Allison W. Jackman, Henry Chapman 6/1918:713-S. H. Chapman-
Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 2/7/1945:279-Abe
Kosoff (Numismatic Gallery)-Carl Wurtzbach 1948-Dr. William H. Sheldon
4/19/1972-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., New Netherlands Coin Co. 11/14/1973:511-Rare
Coin Company of America-Dennis Forgue 7/29/1981-Thomas E. Werner
7/30/1984-Denis Loring 4/1985-Herman Halpern 2/11/1986-R. E. Naf-
tzger, Jr., 1990 EAC Sale, lot 49-David Yesnick, 1997 ANA Sale (Heritage)
8/2/1997:8143 (Heritage lot ticket included).