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Finest Collectible S-255
Breen Plate Coin
287
1803 S-255 R1. PCGS graded MS-62 Brown.
CAC APPROVED
.
Very attractive lustrous light olive and steel brown with overtones
of light bluish steel on the obverse and hints of faded mint red
showing around the portrait. Satiny mint frost covers this cent and
it offers excellent eye appeal. The only defects are a nick-like pre-
striking planchet chip high on the cheek, a much smaller one un-
der the earlobe, and a shallow planchet flake on the top of the R in
AMERICA. MDS, Breen state III early. The die cracks mentioned
by Breen are present but very light. Graded MS60 and CC#2
behind the piece in the ANS collection with only 2 confirmed in a
mint state grade, Noyes photo #23093. Bland says MS61 and tied
for CC#2. Graded MS65 by C. Douglas Smith when he owned the
coin.
Our grade is MS60+.
The attribution and Reynolds prov-
enance are noted on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 1; none finer at
PCGS for the variety (PCGS # 36380)
Estimated Value ........................................................ $5,000-UP
Ex Garry Fitzgerald 9/1/1972-C. Douglas Smith-Dr. Robert
A. Schuman, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior
6/5/2000:222 (Doug Smith collection envelope and Supe-
rior lot ticket included).
288
1803 S-256 R3. PCGS graded MS-62 Brown.
CAC AP-
PROVED
. Lustrous medium brown and light chocolate
with hints of light bluish steel and sea-green overtones.
A beautiful cent with only trivial defects. The notable
marks are a speck of darker toning near the dentils left
of the lower curls and another at a dentil tip over the
second A in AMERICA. In addition there is a shallow low
spot from the center of the cheek to the curl on the neck,
and this was caused by a bit of debris stuck on the die.
Otherwise this cent is essentially flawless. MDS, Breen
state IV, showing the die crack from the dentils down
through the O in OF to the terminal leaves at the top of
the wreath. The cud break at the first T in STATES has not
formed. This is the Breen plate coin for the variety in his
encyclopedia. Graded MS60 Choice and CC#2 of only 2
confirmed mint state examples in the Noyes census, his
photo #23360. Bland says MS60 and CC#3.
Our grade
is MS60+.
The attribution and Proskey-Reynolds prov-
enance are noted on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 1; 2 finer
in MS63 at PCGS for the variety (PCGS # 36383)
Estimated Value............................................... $5,000-UP
Ex David Proskey-Henry C. Hines-Dr. William H. Sheldon
4/19/1972-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., New Netherlands Coin Co.
11/14/1973:574-Julian Leidman 4/1974-C. Douglas Smith-
Dr. Robert A. Schuman, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/
Superior 6/5/2000:223 (the Doug Smith collection envelope
and Superior lot ticket are included).