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Gem Red & Brown S-285
318
1810 S-285 R2. PCGS graded MS-66 Red & Brown.
Very attractive lustrous bluish
steel and light olive brown with generous traces of mellowing mint red showing on
both sides. Satiny mint frost covers this cent and it offers outstanding eye appeal.
Another fabulous cent in a fabulous collection. The best identifying marks are a
microscopic planchet chip on the bust directly over the first 1 in the date, a barely
visible hairline under the eye, a tiny speck of darker toning midway between star 11
and the lower end of the hair ribbon, and a few microscopic hairlines near the dentils
under the end of the wreath stem. MDS, Breen state II. The dentils are still strong
and there is a faint die crack through the bottom of the date extending through all
the stars behind the portrait. This cent is plated to illustrate the variety in the 1991
Noyes reference. Graded MS63 and tied for CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo
#21661. Bland says MS65 and CC#1.
Our grade is MS64
. Comes with a very nice
provenance. The attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure
label.
Pop 1; none finer at PCGS for the variety
(PCGS # 36485)
Estimated Value ............................................................................................ $50,000-UP
Ex Allison W. Jackman, Henry Chapman 6/1918:729-Hillyer Ryder 5/1945-Wayte Ray-
mond-New Netherlands Coin Co. #41, 9/1953-:311-Harold Bareford 9/13/1985-Her-
man Halpern 12/11/1986-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992-Eric Streiner-Jay Parrino (The
Mint)-John F. E. Carroll, Bowers & Merena 1/1999:1024-Superior 3/2/2000:88-Jim
McGuigan 3/2000.