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1803 S-253 R2. PCGS graded MS-62 Brown.
CAC APPROVED
. Frosty light
steel brown and tan with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. Satiny
mint luster covers the protected areas on both sides and this cent offers excel-
lent eye appeal. The notable marks are some minor spots of darker toning in the
field before the portrait, another at the right end of the wreath ribbon, and a thin
diagonal nick under that ribbon. MDS, Breen state V early, with a tiny chip at the
right top of the D in UNITED. The die crack at STATE is clear but not yet strong.
Graded MS62 and CC#1 with only 2 mint state examples in the Noyes census,
his photo #60575. Not seen by Bland.
Our grade is MS60+.
The attribution and
Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 1; none finer at
PCGS for the variety (PCGS # 36374)
Estimated Value ......................................................................................$15,000-UP
Ex J. V. Gonzalez (Argentina)-Henry T. Hettger 7/30/2008.