199 / 280
197
Extremely Rare 1800 NC-1
233
1800 NC-1 R8- Overdate 180 over 179, Style II Hair. PCGS graded VG-8.
CAC AP-
PROVED
. Glossy medium chocolate brown and steel with slightly darker steel brown
toning on the devices and lighter brown toning in protected areas. The surfaces are smooth
and show only a few minor marks. The notable ones are a small planchet chip at the bottom
of the first 0 in the date and a shallow chip or pitmark on the forehead. The dies were not in
proper axial alignment when this cent was struck (the die faces were not perfectly parallel)
causing an uneven impression on the planchet. The effect is most obvious on the reverse
where the lower right is strongly impressed while the upper left is weak. The grade of this
cent ranges from G5 where softly struck to at least VG10 on the lower right part of the re-
verse. In addition the dies struck this planchet three times. In spite of the low grade there is
evidence of doubling on IBE, the forelock, nostril, and lower part of the neck blending into
the bust. The reverse displays sharper double and triple profiles on many of the devices,
clearest on UNITED and the leaves below. EDS, Breen state I, prior to any significant die
clashmarks. This is the plate coin for the variety in the Breen encyclopedia. Graded VG7
net G6 and CC#3 of 3 in the Noyes census of 10-8-6, his photo #31987. Bland says G6 and
CC#3 as well.
Our grade is VG7.
The CC#2 coin is impounded in the ANS collection, so
the “pickins” are slim. The only other example available to collectors is the VG10 that sold
in our 6 September 2009 sale of the Dan Holmes collection for slightly more than $31,000.
The attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 1; 1
finer in F15 at PCGS for the variety. Only 2 examples graded at PCGS (PCGS # 36170)
Estimated Value ..................................................................................................... $10,000-UP
Ex Leonard Saunders 7/29/1993.