1801 1C S-217, BN MS (PCGS#36248)
September 2009 Pre-Long Beach Auction #54 - 9/09 Hawaii Collection
- 拍卖行
- Goldberg Auctioneers
- 批号
- 409
- 等级
- AU-50
- 价格
- 647,756
- 详细说明
- Glossy dark chocolate and steel brown. The planchet is free of any hint of corrosion or verdigris. There are a few trivial contact marks scattered about, mostly on the obverse where they are lost amid the strong die clashmarks. The only notable marks are a faint hairline scratch from the earlobe to the throat, a dull vertical nick in the field well below the end of the hair ribbon, and two dull diagonal nicks in the field behind the head. Late die state, Breen state III</B>, with heavy die clashmarks on the obverse and obvious bulging at the bust and in the field and curls under the hair ribbon. The strike is weak on the upper part of the reverse due to the opposing swelling at the bust and lower curls. The Naftzger envelope contains a notation by Ted regarding the severe obverse die injuries from clashing and he calls this the "Rarest of 3-digit S. (Sheldon) varieties." Called EF40 "Average Plus" and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #21627. Bland says EF40 and CC#2 behind the slightly sharper but lightly corroded example Noyes has tied with this piece for finest honors. In fact, Noyes lists the other EF40 piece slightly behind the example offered here due to the imperfect surface present on that coin. Only 3 examples are listed as "Average Plus" or above average in the Noyes census: the piece offered here, a VF20 impounded in the ANS Museum, and a Good-4 in private hands. Obviously this is a variety that seldom comes without significant problems. Our grade is Extremely Fine-40. PCGS Population 1; 1 finer in AU58 for the variety.</B> (the other EF40 mentioned above). DWH #3513. <BR>Estimated Value $50,000-UP. <I><BR>Ex Charles J. Dupont, Stack's 9/24/54:321-Abe Kosoff-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldberg?s 9/14/08:182.</I>
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