Large Cents 1802 S-240 R3 AU58 PCGS. Glossy chocolate

Large Cents
1802 S-240 R3 AU58 PCGS. Glossy chocolate brown and steel with delicate overtones of light bluish steel. Generous traces of mellowed mint color remain visible in protected areas on both sides and this cent has excellent eye appeal. A splash of darker toning right of the Y and a smaller one under the 0 in the date do catch your eye. The only notable contact marks are a hairline scratch hidden in the hair left of the eye and a diagonal nick over the E in CENT. Rare E-MDS, Breen state II, with die clashmarks on both sides and a die crack on the reverse, but the obverse is uncracked. The fields on the obverse are smooth and slightly reflective. The bust is weakly struck which is normal for all but the earliest die state of the variety. This is the plate coin for the variety in the 1991 Noyes reference and in the 2000 Breen encyclopedia. Graded AU50 net EF40 and tied for CC#3 in the Noyes census, his photo #29012. Bland says AU50 and finest known. This cataloger's EAC grade is AU50. The attribution and Husak Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS Gold Shield label. PCGS population 1; 1 finer in 58+. 36329.58/13473817.
Ex England-New Netherlands Coin Co. 10/8/1970 (via John J. Ford, Jr.)-C. Douglas Smith-Dr. Robert A. Schuman, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/ Superior 2/18/2002:1275-Dr. Wallace Lee, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/25/2003:516-W. M. "Jack" Wadlington 5/2005-Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley 7/25/2005-Walter J. Husak, Heritage Auctions 2/15/2008:2243-The Liberty Cap Foundation.

A dentist who was born in Pontiac, Michigan, in 1929, Dr. Wallace Lee practiced for 35 years until his retirement in 1994. He began collecting coins in 1962 and became interested in copper through the purchase of pieces at auction with the goal of a date set. His collection was sold by Superior in May 2003.
From The Collections of Walter J. Husak and The Liberty Cap Foundation.

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