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1807 1C Large Fraction. MS63 Brown PCGS. S-276, B-6, R.1. ...
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Description
Attractive 1807 S-276 Cent
1807 1C Large Fraction. MS63 Brown PCGS. S-276, B-6, R.1. Noyes XF40; tied for CC-12. Photo #36285. Our EAC Grade XF45.Equivalents. Proskey 5; Doughty 207; McGirk 5D; Clapp 6; EAC 6; Encyclopedia 1772; PCGS #1516.
Variety. Blunt 1 close to curl. ER nearly touches hair. Large Fraction. The obverse appears on S-276. The reverse appears on S-275 and S-276.
Surfaces. Sharply detailed, except for some leaves in the left branch, with pleasing golden-brown and darker steel enhanced by traces of iridescence on each side. A small scrape is visible on the upper edge of the drapery below the hanging curl. The reverse is rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise.
Die State I. The earliest die state, with faint clash marks on each side.
Census. Unlisted by Bland, this example ranks in the top dozen on the Noyes listing. He only records 10 examples that grade AU or better.
Provenance. Stuart Levine (1996); Denis W. Loring; Robert C. Clark; Bowers and Merena (8/2000), lot 324, $1,955; Chris Victor-McCawley (10/2000).
Personality. Stuart Levine was born March 23, 1957, in Schenectady, New York, and raised in Massachusetts, attending Brandeis University. He took leave from school in 1979 to marry (Maureen) and become a professional numismatist. He remains in the business today, operating out of Marblehead, Massachusetts. Levine specializes in Colonial-era coins and currency, U.S. Mint patterns, early U.S. coinage, and Territorial gold. He is also an advanced collector of Continental dollars, Continental currency, and Massachusetts currency engraved and printed by Paul Revere. He worked closely with New Jersey collector Ed Price, forming the finest cabinet of early U.S. dimes ever assembled by date and variety. Levine is currently assisting Eric Newman in an updated edition of The Early Paper Money of America.
The fourth director of the U.S. Mint, Robert Patterson served from his appointment by Thomas Jefferson on January 17, 1806 and was the first director to die in office, on July 22, 1824. A native of Ireland who was born on May 30, 1743, Patterson proved an excellent and able officer of the Mint. He came to America in 1768 at the age of 25 and served as a schoolmaster in Pennsylvania and later as a mathematics professor at the University of Pennsylvania, continuing that position until 1814, even while serving as Mint director. In his appointment, Jefferson advised that he should not give up his other employment. His son-in-law, Samuel Moore, served as the fifth director of the Mint, his son, Robert Maskell Patterson, served as sixth Mint director, and another son-in-law, William Ewing DuBois, was an assayer for 48 years.
Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 224M, Variety PCGS# 36451, Base PCGS# 1516, Greysheet# 80061)
Weight: 13.48 grams
Metal: 100% Copper
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Auction Info
2008 February Long Beach, CA Signature Coin Auction #460 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
February, 2008
14th-16th
Thursday-Saturday
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