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Only Known Mint State S-230
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1802 S-230 R1. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown.
Very attractive glossy
medium chocolate brown and steel with traces of very faded mint color
showing in protected areas around the portrait. This cent offers superior
eye appeal and appears to be flawless, but a glass reveals it is coated with
a very thin layer of lacquer or some similar protectant. A microscopic
planchet flake in the field below the end of the chin and a pair of tiny
ticks under the curl on the neck are the best identifying marks. MDS,
Breen state V, showing all the die cracks and clashmarks mentioned
by Breen. This is the plate coin for the variety in the 1925 book on the
cents of 1801-1803 by Howard Newcomb as well as
Penny Whimsy
,
the Breen encyclopedia, and the 1991 Noyes reference. Graded MS62
Choice and CC#1 as the only mint state example in the Noyes census,
his photo #20736. Bland says MS60 and CC#1 as well.
Our grade is
MS62
. Comes with a great provenance. The attribution and Naftzger-
Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 1; none
finer at PCGS for the variety
(PCGS # 36302)
Estimated Value ......................................................................$10,000-UP
Ex Dr. George P. French, B. Max Mehl 1929 FPL, lot 281-Howard R. New-
comb, J. C. Morgenthau & Co., #458, 2/7/1945:350-Hollinbeck Stamp &
Coin Co. (privately) 5/5/1949-C. Douglas Smith 9/1959-Dr. William H.
Sheldon 4/19/1972-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992-Eric Streiner 3/27/1992-
C. Douglas Smith-Dr. Robert A. Schuman, McCawley & Grellman Auc-
tions/Superior 2/18/2002:1261-Walter Husak, Heritage 2/15/2008:2233
(includes the Naftzger and Husak collection envelopes).