Large Cents 1800 S-206 R3 AU55 PCGS. Lightly cleaned and

Large Cents
1800 S-206 R3 AU55 PCGS. Lightly cleaned and recolored glossy light olive and chocolate with overtones of sea-green. The surfaces are smooth and the eye appeal is quite nice, but there are some obvious nicks in the field behind the portrait that do catch your eye. Otherwise quite nice. MDS, Breen state II, with die cracks on both sides and small lumps from die rust in the field above the bust. Graded AU50 sharpness net EF40 and finest known in the Noyes census, his photo #21391. Bland says net EF40 and tied for CC#1 with one other example. This cataloger's EAC grade is AU50 net VF35+. This is the plate coin for the variety in the 2000 Breen encyclopedia and in the 1991 Noyes reference. It has a nice provenance that has remained unbroken for more than a century. The attribution and Doug Bird Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS Gold Shield label. PCGS population 2; 1 finer in 58. 36206.55/38259617.
Ex "Consignor B," Henry Chapman 6/3/1909:756-J. W. Scott & Co., Ltd.-Henry C. Hines-Homer K. Downing, 1952 ANA Sale (New Netherlands Coin Co. #38) 8/16/1952:1864-C. Douglas Smith 1971-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/1986:300-Douglas F. Bird Collection, Goldbergs 2/16/2020:78-Walter J. Husak Collection.

Henry Chapman was the younger Chapman brother who began his career working for John Haseltine in 1875 when he was just 16 years old. He was born in Philadelphia on October 18, 1859, and died on January 4, 1935. He discovered the Starred Reverse large cent variety in 1878 while preparing the Bispham Collection for auction. Henry and his brother, Samuel Hudson Chapman, conducted many important auctions, and he went on to conduct many more important sales after the two brothers separated. His wife, Helen, continued to operate their retail storefront until 1948, the business being managed by Ella B. Wright. In Lapp and Silberman, Henry Chapman is described as "a tall man, fairly heavy, with a full head of hair, a heavy moustache, and a huge, bushy, full-faced beard which during the last years of his life was snowy white. Dr. Sheldon recalls H. Chapman as a man with a full beard, a stern look, and with twinkling gray eyes. It has been said that old-time collectors unhesitatingly agreed that Henry Chapman was one of the most colorful figures ever to be met in the numismatic world."
From The Collections of Walter J. Husak and The Liberty Cap Foundation.

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