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1811/10 S-286 R3 Overdate 11 over 10 PCGS Genuine, AU Details,
Cleaning.
Slightly frosty dark olive brown and steel. There are microscop-
ic specks of raised verdigris around AM in AMERICA, and the only signs
of contact are a few tiny ticks in the field off the chin. A very sharp piece,
essentially just dark, which unfortunately is so common on Classic Head
cents. MDS, Breen state II. There are dull die clashmarks right of ONE
CENT. The overdate feature is obvious to the unaided eye. Graded AU55
net VF35 and tied for CC#11 in the Noyes census, his photo #34232.
Bland says “Sharpness nearly mint state” net AU50 and tied for CC#2 in
the Breen/Bland census.
Our grade is AU58 sharpness net EF45
. Comes
with a nice provenance that has been traced back 100 years. The attribu-
tion and Chapman-Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure
label
(PCGS # 36490)
Estimated Value ...........................................................................$5,000-UP
Ex Henry C. Miller, Thomas L. Elder 4/1917:813-Henry Chapman-George
H. Hall, Stack’s 5/1945:230-James Kelly 1946 FPLs-Celina Coin Co. #21,
3/1947:2045-Rodney T. Grove-Robert Nofal and Lewis Kling, Cape Ken-
nedy Medals 7/1976:45-Joe Stuller-James Leeuw 1/9/1997-Dr. Robert J.
Shalowitz 1/10/1997-Denis Loring 1/12/1997-Stuart A. “Mac” MacDonald,
Heritage 9/1997:5177-W. M. “Jack” Wadlington 2005-Bob Grellman &
Chris McCawley-Charlie Barasch-Gene Sherman 8/2008.