Lot 220
1803 S-261 R2 Large Fraction PCGS graded MS62 Brown. Lustrous medium brown with slightly darker steel brown toning on the highpoints and a puff of darker olive brown toning at the lower curls. Sharply struck and quite attractive. The only marks are a few light nicks in the field before the portrait, none visible without the aid of a glass. E-MDS, Breen state II late. A die crack arcs from the rim up between the 1 & 8 and through the shoulder and hair until it fades away just short of the curl below the hair ribbon. Graded AU55 and CC#2 in the Bland census. Noyes says MS60 net AU55 and tied for CC#1, his photo #23201. Our grade is AU58. Comes with a great provenance (the earlier portion of which has been updated since the June 2000 auction). The attribution and C. D. Smith-Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label. Pop 2; none finer at PCGS for the variety. Estimate Value $8,000 - UP
Ex Dr. Thomas Hall 9/7/1909-Virgil Brand-Admiral W. Brand, New Netherlands Coin Co. 6/19/1954 (privately)-C. Douglas Smith-Dr. William H. Sheldon-Dorothy Paschal (via Ray Chatham) 1972-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/1986:383-C. Douglas Smith-Dr. Robert A. Schuman, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/5/2000:229 (includes the Paschal collection envelope and June 2000 lot ticket).
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| Realized $9,106 |
