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Breen Plate Coin
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1802 S-231 R1 Stemless Wreath. PCGS graded AU-58+.
Frosty uniform steel and medium chocolate brown. Satiny mint
luster covers this cent and the eye appeal is excellent. Would be
choice except for a small crack in the planchet at the rim before
the neck and over the opposing M in AMERICA (as struck).
Otherwise this cent is void of marks or other distractions. MDS
Breen state IV. The die clashmarks are dull but visible and the
crack before the face has a new branch extending down before
the mouth. The Stemless Wreath feature is obvious. This is
the Breen plate coin for the variety. Graded MS60 and tied for
CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo #23122. Bland says MS60
and tied for CC#4.
Our grade is MS60
. The attribution and
Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop
1; 1 finer in MS61 at PCGS for the variety
(PCGS # 36344)
Estimated Value........................................................... $8,000-UP
Ex Henry C. Hines-Homer K. Downing, 1952 ANA Sale
(New Netherlands Coin Co. #38), lot 1904-C. Douglas Smith-
Louis Helfenstein, Lester Merkin 8/1964:27-C. Douglas Smith
1972-Gordon J. Wrubel-Douglas Kaselitz 7/13/1975-C. Douglas
Smith-Myles Z. Gerson-Bertram Cohen 3/29/1985-C. Douglas
Smith-Dr. Robert A. Schuman, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/
Superior 2/18/2002:1263-Dr. Wallace Lee, McCawley & Grell-
man Auctions/Superior 5/25/2003:511 (Includes the two Superior
lot tickets. Note: Doug Smith purchased this cent 4 different times
in 4 different decades, which is testament to how much he loved
the coin.).