Mail Bid Auction 46

Auction ended on January 4, 2018

Lot Number 28

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1814/3 -  O.101 R.7 PCGS XF 45

A new entry into the scant population of 9 or 10 verified examples.  It is tied for finest known with the PCGS XF 45 offered in MB 43 [Aug. 2014, lot 24 @ $3,575].  Though comparable in strike, toning and wear, the current offering is significantly more lustrous.  The devices seem to float on hard, flat surfaces, lightly wiped but devoid of clash marks or die breaks.  Two faint die lines hallmark the prime die state: one from the eagles’ beak down to the shoulder; a shorter one goes up from the top of the left wing into the field.  These die lines disappear on later die states and are described in Overton’s 2013 5^th edition.   It is something of a paradox that the over-punched 3 is less distinct on the rare early die states than on 1814/3’s with the usual assortment of clash marks and die breaks.  The PCGS Population Report for the O.101 incorrectly shows an AU 53.  The coin is pictured on PCGS CoinFacts.  It is, however, an O.101a, with the standard obverse die breaks and clash marks.  http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/Coin/Detail/39487.  Est. $3,000 and up.

Sheridan Downey, Numismatist
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