198 / 280
196
232
1800 S-212 R3. PCGS graded AU-58.
CAC APPROVED
. Frosty
chocolate brown and steel with a subtle hint of light bluish steel
overtone. An attractive cent with just a hint of friction on the high-
est points. The notable marks are a very dull diagonal scratch in the
field left of the upper end of the hair ribbon, a faint hairline scratch
through the second 0 in the date, and a tiny curved struck-through
line under the C in AMERICA, both visible only with the aid of a
strong glass. LDS, Breen state V late. The obverse die cracks described
by Breen are clear and the rim at ERTY has failed causing the loss
of the upper part of those letters. Both sides show extensive die rust
(tiny lumps on the coin), especially the reverse. Graded EF45 and tied
for CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo #25506. Bland says EF40 and
tied for CC#9.
Our grade is EF45+
. The attribution and Newcomb-
Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 1;
none finer at PCGS for the variety (PCGS # 36224)
Estimated Value .....................................................................$7,000-UP
Ex Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 2/7/1945:309-
J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #461, 5/16/1945:309-Wayte Raymond-New
Netherlands Coin Co. #32, 3/3/1951:625-Willard C. Blaisdell-Del
Bland-Jerry A. Bobbe-Charles E. Harrison 8/1991 (the 1951 New Neth-
erlands lot ticket and Blaisdell collection envelope are included).