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Finest Known 1800 S-210
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1800 S-210 R5+. PCGS graded AU-58.
Frosty dark olive brown and steel. The sur-
faces appear perfectly smooth to the unaided eye, but a strong glass shows uniform
microscopic roughness under the frosty toning. No verdigris, and essentially void
of marks. A small nick on the leaf under the second S in STATES may be the best
identifying defect, but it is difficult to see. EDS, Breen state I. The obverse die is
uncracked and unclashed, and the dull chip at the right top of the B in LIBERTY is
clear. The obverse is slightly misaligned to K-6 leaving the bottom of the date tight
to the edge of the planchet while the reverse is reasonably well centered. Graded
AU55 net EF45 and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #20656. Bland
says EF45 and CC#2.
Our grade is AU55 sharpness net EF45
. It’s important to
note here that following the top two examples in the condition census the next best
grades only VF20. This cent is plated in the 1991 Noyes reference on the cents of
1793-1814 and in the Breen encyclopedia. The attribution and Naftzger-Reynolds
provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 1; none finer at PCGS for the
variety
(PCGS # 36218)
Estimated Value.......................................................................................... $15,000-UP
Ex William Wallace Hays-R. McAusland 5/26/1953-Willard C. Blaisdell 10/1974-De-
nis Loring 12/1977-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/1986:307-R. E. Naftzger, Jr.,
2/23/1992-Eric Streiner 1/1994-Wes Rasmussen, Heritage 1/13/2005:3246.