1808 1C S-279, BN (Regular Strike)

Series: Classic Head Cents 1808-1814

PCGS MS66BN

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PCGS MS61BN

PCGS #:: 36463

Designer:: John Reich

Edge:: Plain

Diameter:: 28.00 millimeters

Weight:: 10.89 grams

Mintage:: 1,007,000

Mint:: Philadelphia

Metal:: Copper

Auction Record:: $76,375 • MS66BN • 03-31-2017 • Stack's Bowers

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Pos	Grade	Pedigree and History
1	MS66BN PCGS grade	Henry C. Colvin, sold privately in 1936 - Allan D. Colvin Collection - Mrs. Lena Colvin, bequeathed after 1950 - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - French's 10/1962:166a - Louis Helfenstein Collection - Lester Merkin 8/1964:45 - Garry Fitzgerald - Lester Merkin 10/1966:125 - Lester Merkin 3/1969:669 - R.E. "Ted" Naftzger, Jr. Collection - New Netherlands & B.A. Seaby' 11/1973:595 - RARCOA - Robert W. Barker Collection - Stack's 10/1986:6 - Herman Halpern Collection - Stack's 3/1988:266 - Denis W. Loring - Kenneth Goldman - Dr. Kenneth Baer Collection - Julian Leidman - Richard Burdick - D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part V - Stack's/Bowers & Sotheby's 3/2017:5131, $76,375
2	MS65BN estimated grade	F.W. Lincoln (S. Lincoln & Son, London), sold privately in 8/1891 - Benjamin H. Collins Collection, sold privately in 1937 - B.Max Mehl Collection - T. James Clarke Collection, sold privately in 1950 - Dr. William H. Sheldon Collection, sold privately on 4/19/1972 - R.E. “Ted” Naftzger, Jr. Collection, sold privately on 2/23/1992 - Eric Streiner - Jay Parrino (The Mint) - Bowers & Merena 1/1997:9, $???
3	MS61BN PCGS grade	Bowers & Merena 11/1997:98 - Thomas D. Reynolds Collection - Goldbergs 1/2016:310, $13,512.50

#1 MS66BN PCGS grade

Henry C. Colvin, sold privately in 1936 - Allan D. Colvin Collection - Mrs. Lena Colvin, bequeathed after 1950 - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - French's 10/1962:166a - Louis Helfenstein Collection - Lester Merkin 8/1964:45 - Garry Fitzgerald - Lester Merkin 10/1966:125 - Lester Merkin 3/1969:669 - R.E. "Ted" Naftzger, Jr. Collection - New Netherlands & B.A. Seaby' 11/1973:595 - RARCOA - Robert W. Barker Collection - Stack's 10/1986:6 - Herman Halpern Collection - Stack's 3/1988:266 - Denis W. Loring - Kenneth Goldman - Dr. Kenneth Baer Collection - Julian Leidman - Richard Burdick - D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part V - Stack's/Bowers & Sotheby's 3/2017:5131, $76,375

#2 MS65BN estimated grade

F.W. Lincoln (S. Lincoln & Son, London), sold privately in 8/1891 - Benjamin H. Collins Collection, sold privately in 1937 - B.Max Mehl Collection - T. James Clarke Collection, sold privately in 1950 - Dr. William H. Sheldon Collection, sold privately on 4/19/1972 - R.E. “Ted” Naftzger, Jr. Collection, sold privately on 2/23/1992 - Eric Streiner - Jay Parrino (The Mint) - Bowers & Merena 1/1997:9, $???

#3 MS61BN PCGS grade

Bowers & Merena 11/1997:98 - Thomas D. Reynolds Collection - Goldbergs 1/2016:310, $13,512.50