Fred Borcherdts ANA Sale

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

RARE EARLY STATE S-253

LOT 318 1803 S-253 R2 PCGS grded AU53 . Glossy olive brown with peeps of very faded mint color on the reverse. Sharp and choice if not for a couple puffs of reddish brown toning in the field before the face and another at CA. Just a few trivial contact marks including a pair of thin, very light diagonal nicks over the bust. Rare EDS, Breen state I, with an uncracked obverse. Graded EF45 and tied for CC#5 in the Bland census. Noyes says AU50 net EF45 and tied for CC#10 overall but finest of the early die state, his photo #23273. Our grade is EF45+. 36374.53/52084643

Ex Sheraton Coin Co., 1947 ANA Sale (Numismatic Gallery), lot 872-Willard C. Blaisdell-Del N. Bland-Dr. Dane B. Nielsen 4/22/1972-Jeffery M. Peck 3/26/1975-C. Douglas Smith 3/30/1992-Eric J. Streiner 4/23/1992-Fred H. Borcherdt Collection

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