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Superb 1804 “Restrike”
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1804 “Restrike”. PCGS graded MS-66+ Red & Brown.
CAC AP-
PROVED
. Beautiful lustrous light chocolate brown and bluish steel
with 10% of the original red remaining on each side. This piece is
flawless and the eye appeal is exceptional. This is the finest example
your cataloger has seen in over 50 years of looking. LDS with all the
die cracks and die rust showing on heavily lapped dies. These “cents”
were struck outside the US Mint in the late 1850’s or early 1860’s by
Joseph J. Mickley, who obtained the dies as scrap metal. The obverse
is from the 1803 S-261 variety with the date altered to 1804, and the
reverse is from the 1820 N-12 die variety. Both dies were heavily
lapped in an attempt to minimize the rust that had formed since they
were discarded. These private “Restrikes” have been popular with
collectors since they first appeared for sale in the mid-1860’s and are
listed in the “Redbook.”
Our grade is MS65 Gem.
The attribution
and Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label (PCGS
# 36425)
Estimated Value..................................................................... $3,000-UP
Ex Milwaukee Coin Show bourse 4/1990.
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1805 S-267 R1. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown.
CAC
APPROVED
. Lustrous dark steel brown and chocolate
with lighter steel brown toning in protected areas and hints of
very faded mint color on the obverse. Satiny mint frost covers this cent
and the eye appeal is outstanding. There are a few trivial marks that may help
identify this cent. The notable ones are a tiny nick in the center of the cheek, a
faint diagonal hairline scratch at the left corner of the eye, and a small spot of
darker olive brown toning under the right foot of the second A in AMERICA.
M-LDS, Breen state III, showing a dull die crack through the tops of AME.
There is a small, very minor low spot in the hair left of the eye (caused by debris
on the die). Graded MS60 net AU55 and tied for CC#7 in the Noyes census, his
photo #34266. Bland says MS60 and tied for CC#5.
Our grade is MS60+
. The
attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop
1; 1 finer in MS65 at PCGS for the variety (PCGS # 36427)
Estimated Value ................................................................................... $12,000-UP
Ex Chris McCawley, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 1/7/1995:402 (lot ticket
included).