Large Cents 1802 S-242 R2 AU55 PCGS. Glossy chocolate

Large Cents
1802 S-242 R2 AU55 PCGS. Glossy chocolate brown with frosty light brown and tan in protected areas, especially on the left side of the obverse. The surfaces are smooth and this cent has excellent eye appeal. The only notable marks are a very light scrape in the field before the nose, a tick in the hair above the ear, a couple tiny nicks under AT in STATES, and a nick over the N in CENT. EDS, Breen state I. A dull die crack passes through the tops of ERICA but the crack at NITE has not formed. Called EF45 and tied for CC#5 in the Bland census. Noyes says EF45 and CC#3, his photo #22963. This cataloger's EAC grade is EF45. The attribution and Husak Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS Gold Shield label. PCGS population 1; 3 finer: 1 in 58, 1 in 63, 1 in 64+ 36332.55/40245552.
Ex George. L. Davis, Stack's 4/8/1954:1613-C. Douglas Smith-Dr. Robert A. Schuman, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/18/2002:1281- Dr. Wallace Lee, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 5/25/2003:518-Chris McCawley 3/2006-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/6/2009:474-Walter J. Husak Collection.

Partners Chris Victor-McCawley and Bob Grellman operated a specialty numismatic auction firm, McCawley & Grellman, handling early copper coinage. For many years they partnered with Superior or Goldberg Auctions. The firm handled the annual Early American Coppers convention auction starting in 2001, and they conducted auctions for the Colonial Coin Collectors Club (C-4).
From The Collections of Walter J. Husak and The Liberty Cap Foundation.

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