1803 1/2 C Widely Spaced 3, C-3, B-3, R.1, MS64 Brown PCGS. CAC....

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1803 C-3, B-3 Half Cent, MS64 Brown
Ex: Brand-TAD-Hain-McGuigan
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1803 1/2 C Widely Spaced 3, C-3, B-3, R.1, MS64 Brown PCGS. CAC. Ex McGuigan. Manley Die State 4.0. Most surviving examples of B-3 are found in later die states with the characteristic bulge at the 18 of the date. Although Liberty's shoulder and the upper part of the wreath show weakness, all other details on this piece are unusually sharp. Full cartwheel luster appears on the lovely olive-brown surfaces of this exceptional example that shows very faded mint red on the reverse. Only five 1803 half cent submissions are certified finer than MS63 at PCGS. Those five coins are graded MS64 Brown (2), MS64+ Brown, MS64 Red and Brown, and MS66 Red and Brown (10/23). This piece is tied for the second finest 1803 C-3 half cent known to us.
Ex: Virgil M. Brand; Brand Estate; Burdette G. Johnson; Anderson Dupont (Stack's, 11/1954), lot 1072; Dorothy Nelson (TAD Collection / Stack's, 3/1975), lot 828; RARCOA; James E. Braunworth (Stack's, 1/1981), lot 5; Stack's (3/1986), lot 791; Hain Family (Stack's, 1/2002), lot 686; Red Headed Copper Collection (Heritage, 8/2018), lot 5019; James R. McGuigan Collection/US Coins Signature (Heritage, 8/2022), lot 3056; Bruce Gimelson.
From The Garrison Collection.

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 222E, Variety PCGS# 35134, Base PCGS# 1060, Greysheet# 80875)

Weight: 5.44 grams

Metal: 100% Copper

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