Fred Borcherdts ANA Sale

FRED BORCHERDT’S HALL OF FAME COLLECTION 1793-1814 CENTS

BREEN PLATE COIN

LOT 243 1800/79 S-192 R3 Style II Hair, Overdate 80 over 79, PCGS graded AU50 . Glossy chocolate and medium olive brown with hints of reddish brown in protected areas. Lightly worn with only trivial marks including a tiny rim bruise at IB in LIBERTY and a tiny planchet flake in the dentils opposite the upper edge of the bust. M-LDS, Breen state III, with die cracks on the reverse but no cud breaks. The overdate is clearly visible (80/79). Graded EF45 and CC#3 in the Bland census. Noyes says EF45 net VF30 and tied for CC#5, his photo #21291. Our grade is VF35 . This is the Breen plate coin for the variety in his 2000 reference on the cents of 1793-1814. Comes with a great provenance. 36155.50/61468336 Ex James G. Macallister, J. C. Morgenthau & Co. 1/1944:430-unknown-Gimbel’s Coin Department (Robert Friedberg, New York City) 1949-C. Douglas Smith 1971-R. S. “Robbie” Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/1986:272-C. Douglas Smith-Denis W. Loring-Douglas F. Bird 3/1996-Wesley A. Rasmussen, Heritage Auctions 1/13/2005:3225 (mistakenly withdrawn for return to the ANS, but this was the wrong coin)-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

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