1800 Draped Bust Cent. S-205. Rarity-4. Unc Details--Altered Surfaces (PCGS).This is a smartly impressed, boldly to sharply defined example that ranks high in the Condition Census for the 1800 S-205 dies. Hard and smooth surfaces are free of porosity and significant marks, the in hand appearance superior for the assigned grade. Curiously glossy in texture from an old cleaning, yet retoned quite nicely in even medium brown patina. Breen Die State III.<p>In his cataloging for Ira & Larry Goldbergs sale of the Dan Holmes Collection, Part I, Bob Grellman assigns this coin an EAC grade of AU-50+. Called EAC MS-60 in the Bland and Breen encyclopedia (2000) listings, and tied for CC#3 in both censuses. Noyes says EAC AU-50, choice, and tied for CC#4. From the Collection of Thaddeus A. Tatum III. Earlier ex Thomas L. Elder, 1932; Wayte Raymond, 1933; Dr. William H. Sheldon, November 1948; Judge Thomas L. Gaskill; New Netherlands Coin Co., November 1956; Dorothy I. Paschal; Dr. William H. Sheldon, 1956; C. Douglas Smith, 1971; Superiors sale of the Robinson. S. Brown, Jr. Collection, September 1986, lot 299; Anthony Terranova; Stacks; Andrew M. Hain; our (Stacks) sale of the Hain Family Collection, January 2002, lot 742; Chris McCawley, November 2007; Ira & Larry Goldbergs sale of the Dan Holmes Collection, Part I, September 2009, lot 388. Goldbergs lot tag and collector envelopes with attribution and provenance notes included.
