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Lot 201
1802 S-232 R1 PCGS graded MS62 Brown.
Frosty olive brown and steel with a few puffs of lighter reddish
steel brown toning on the reverse. The surfaces are satiny and this cent offers excellent eye appeal, especially
on the obverse. The only notable marks are a dull tick left of the top of the C in CENT and a faint scratch
over the right side of the A in STATES. Sharply struck MDS, Breen state IV, with three dentils fused under
the 1 in the date and fine die cracks at OF and M. The T over Y feature in LIBERTY is obvious.
Our grade
is MS60
. The attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label.
Pop 1; 1 finer in 64
at PCGS for the variety
.
Estimated Value ................................................................................................................................................$5,000-UP
Ex Chris McCawley, 2008 EAC Sale, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 5/10/2008:351-Tom Reynolds Collection (lot ticket included).
UNIQUE INTERMEDIATE DIE STATE S-235
Lot 202
1802 S-235 R3 PCGS Genuine, XF Details, Rim Damage.
Dark steel and olive brown. The surfaces are
matte thanks to uniform extremely fine granularity but there is no verdigris. A proper brushing may bring
some life to the surfaces. The only marks are a series of 8 sharp rim nicks or short scratches at the rim from
the 18 clockwise to left of the hair ribbon. These marks are old and only the one left of the hair ribbon catches
your eye. MDS, Breen state V early, with an unlisted intermediate cud break connecting TY in LIBERTY to
the rim above. Normally this cud covers all of the top of the T, but the cud on this example ends near the
middle of the top of the T. A new intermediate die state that was unknown to Breen, unique to the best of
our knowledge. A very important piece for a die state specialist.
Our grade is VF35 sharpness net F15.
The
attribution and Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label.
Estimated Value ............................................................................................................................................... $1,000-UP
Acquired from an unrecorded source in Baltimore 3/2013.