216 / 280
214
Finest Known S-226
255
1802 S-226 R3. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown.
CAC AP-
PROVED
. Highly lustrous steel and medium chocolate brown
with a couple tiny peeps of faded mint color on the reverse.
Satiny mint frost covers both sides of this cent and the eye ap-
peal is outstanding. No spots or stains, virtually flawless. MDS,
Breen state III, with a die crack through the tops of AMERI in
addition to the usual narrow rim cud break under 802. Struck
slightly off center to K-5. The strike is decent except for weak-
ness on the bust tip and lowest curl, perhaps a result of being
struck a bit off center toward the bottom of the planchet. This
is the Breen plate coin for the variety. Graded MS62 and CC#1
with only 3 mint state examples in the Noyes census (and 1 of
those is in the ANS), his photo #23274. Bland says MS61 and
CC#1.
Our grade is MS62.
The attribution and Reynolds prov-
enance are noted on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 1; none finer
at PCGS for the variety (PCGS # 36293)
Estimated Value ........................................................ $15,000-UP
Ex Carl Wurtzbach, Barney Bluestone #76, 4/1943:1688-Judge
Thomas L. Gaskill, New Netherlands Coin Co. (privately)
11/1956-Dorothy Paschal 1972-Del Bland 10/1972-C. Douglas
Smith-Dr. Robert A. Schuman, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/
Superior 2/18/2002:1253 (Superior lot ticket included).