Lot 515
1838 Coronet Head Cent. PCGS graded MS-65 Brown. Lustrous medium brown with delicate overtones of bluish steel and faded mint red covering about 15% of the obverse but only hints of underlying very faded mint color on the reverse. No spots, stains, or notable signs of contact. Coated with a very thin layer of "Care" or some similar product that has trapped tiny fibers and crud underneath, mostly on the reverse. The coating and trapped fibers could be removed quite easily, if desired. M-LDS, Newcomb’s state IV. There is a clearly defined rim cud break from star 12 down to right of star 13, and a thin internal cud break passing along the crack that slants through the shoulder and lowest curl. There are die cracks in the dentils below 183 outlining where another cud is forming. A very attractive example of a neat die state. Called MS61 and tied for CC#12 in the Noyes census, his photo #56842. Removed from an NGC slab graded MS65BN (NGC label included). Our grade is MS62 Plus. Pop 2; 1 in 66 BN; 1 in 67 BN. DWH #2633 (PCGS # 37189) .
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex 1980 ANA Sale, Steve Ivy Auctions, 8/80:1090-Del Bland 10/2/80-Doug Bird 4/12/85-Wes Rasmussen, Heritage 1/13/05:3696 (the attribution and Rasmussen provenance are noted on the NGC label).
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