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1801 S-222 R1. PCGS graded MS-62 Brown.
CAC APPROVED
.
Very
attractive glossy medium chocolate brown and steel with lighter steel
brown in protected areas on the reverse. No spots or stains, just a few
trivial marks that are visible only under magnification. The notable ones
are a tiny horizontal tick left of the eye, another on the shoulder, and a
thin vertical nick in the field off the upper end of the hair ribbon. E-MDS,
Breen state II, with sharp die clashmarks through LIBERTY and a narrow
rim cud break over IB but without the crack through the top of NIT in
UNITED. A very attractive cent. Both sides are plated in E
arly Ameri-
can Cents, Penny Whimsy,
and the 1991 Noyes reference. Graded MS62
and CC#1 as the only mint state example in the Noyes census, his photo
#21838. Bland says MS61 and CC#1.
Our grade is MS60+
. The attribu-
tion and Naftzger-Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure
label.
Pop 1; none finer at PCGS for the variety (PCGS # 36251)
Estimated Value......................................................................... $15,000-UP
Ex Carl Wurtzbach 1919-Virgil M. Brand-Henry C. Hines-Judge Thomas
L. Gaskill 1947-Dr. William H. Sheldon 4/19/1972-R. E. Naftzger, Jr.,
2/23/1992-Eric Streiner-Dennis Mendelson 10/1992 (includes the Naftzger
collection envelope).