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Finest Terminal State S-222
S-224 With CAC
Gold
Approval
248
1801 S-222 R1. PCGS graded AU-50.
Glossy medium choco-
late brown and steel with traces of frosty lighter steel brown
and tan toning in protected areas. No trace of roughness or
verdigris The only defects are a couple dull dents on the bust,
another left of the lowest curl, and a planchet lamination chip
on the rim at TE in STATES (as struck). Extremely rare LDS,
Breen state IV, with a bold cud break at NITE, one of only 6
known to us in this die state. This cud is so high and con-
sumed so much planchet metal that it caused a depression at
the opposing dentils left of the L in LIBERTY. Graded VF35
net VF30 and tied for CC#10 for the variety but finest of the
LDS in the Noyes census, his photo #39180.
Our grade is
VF35+ sharpness net VF30+
. The attribution and Reynolds
provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 2; 3
finer at PCGS for the variety, 1 in AU53, 1 in AU58, and 1 in
MS62
(PCGS # 36251)
Estimated Value ........................................................ $2,500-UP
Ex Stephen Fischer 3/2003.
249
1801 S-224 R1. PCGS graded AU-55
CAC APPROVED
Gold
Sticker.
Frosty dark steel brown and chocolate with light steel brown
and tan faded down from mint color showing in protected areas
on both sides. There are several faint puffs of slightly darker ton-
ing in the field before the face and another at the dentils over ES in
STATES. The only contact marks are a collection of microscopic ticks
in the field under the hair ribbon and a pair of very tiny ticks in the
field before the lips. EDS, Breen state I, showing light die clashmarks
on both sides but no rim cuds. An attractive cent, one of the very
few to receive the coveted CAC Gold Seal of approval. Graded AU50
and tied for CC#3 in the Noyes census, his photo #59984. Bland says
AU50 and CC#3.
Our grade is AU50+
. The attribution and Chap-
man-Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop
1; none finer at PCGS for the variety
(PCGS # 36254)
Estimated Value ................................................................... $8,000-UP
Ex Richard B. Winsor, S. H. & H. Chapman 12/16/1895:869-Dr.
Thomas Hall 9/7/1909-Virgil M. Brand, New Netherlands Coin Co.
(privately) 6/10/1952-Harold Bareford 9/13/1985-Herman Halpern,
Stack’s 3/16/1988:198-unknown-Stack’s 10/18/2006:2553 (Stack’s Halp-
ern lot ticket included).