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  Year Variety Rarity Sharpness Grade Net Grade Price

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1803 S-244 4 30 25 4,500.00 Small Date, Small Fraction.  Brown with smooth surfaces.  Some minor marks.  Removed from an NGC holder graded VF30.  Tied for Condition Census #8.  Try and find a decent S-244.                A+

1803 S-245 3 40 35+ 5,500.00 Brown with smooth, glossy surfaces.  Some very minor circ. marks.   Very nice.  Tied for Condition Census #16. A+

 

 1803 S-252 2 55 50 11,000.00 Small Date, Small Fraction. Olive brown but probably re-colored long ago. Smooth, glossy surfaces. There is an old pin scratch from the lower neck to the rim at 4:00. Some minor circ. marks. There is a small "low spot", caused by grease on the die, behind the head. The forehead and eye are a bit softly struck which is typical for this variety. Removed from a PCGS holder graded AU53. Condition Census #6. EDS. A

 

 1803 S-254 1 45+ 45 4,500.00 Small Date and Fraction.  Medium brown with smooth, glossy surfaces.  There are some tiny toning spots, that are not corrosive, on both sides.  There is a tiny diagonal mark over the N in ONE.  There is a low spot above the hair ribbons caused by grease on the die.  M-LDS, with a heavy die crack from the obverse rim right of the 3 through the point of the bust to the rim at 4:30.  The Latest Die State has a rim cud, formed when a chunk of metal falls out of the die, defined by the die crack.  A great date or type coin!!!!           A+

1803 S-256 3 55 50 10,000.00 Medium brown faded from mint color. Smooth, glossy surfaces. Some minor circ. marks. Some brick red toning along obv. rim at 7:00 and 10:00. Some brick red toning at berry right of E in ONE. LDS, with a rim cud over STA. Removed from a PCGS holder graded AU58. Tied for Condition Census #5. A+

 

 1803 S-261 2+ 50 45 9,000.00 Reddish-brown with smooth, frosty surfaces.  There are some very minor circ. marks.  There is a planchet flaw below 00 in the fraction.  Ex-Ralph Goldstone, 1962;  C. Douglas Smith;  CVM, 1999;  Bob Clark;  Bowers and Merena, 2000 ANA, Lot 313.  Noyes Photo #23195.  Tied for Condition census #6.         A

 

 1803 S-263 3 30 20+ 1,350.00 Small Date and Fraction.  Medium reddish-brown with smooth surfaces.  There is a obverse rim nick at 10:30.  There are scattered marks and hairlines.  There is a small reverse rim bruise at 5:00.  Good eye appeal but the marks show under a glass.  LDS, with a die crack diagonally across the point of the bust and a large rim cud under the date.  Still a tough variety.        A

 

 1803 S-264 4+ 30 10 17,500.00
Large Date, Small Fraction.  Dark brown with reasonably smooth surfaces on the obverse and heavy granularity on the reverse.  There are several old, scattered marks on both sides.  The serif on the 3 is very obvious and the fraction is visible but partially obscured by the roughness.  This is a new specimen.  Condition Census #11.  Intermediate die state with the crack very heavy between  D  and  S.
A very popular and scarce Red Book variety.  In a NCS holder labeled VF Details....Corroded.          A--

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