Lot 524
1838 Coronet Head Cent. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. Very attractive lustrous bluish steel brown with generous traces of slightly faded mint red remaining on the obverse and 15% of the reverse showing brighter original mint color. The surfaces are satiny and free of any notable defects other than a couple shallow planchet flakes around the reverse rim, the largest one in the dentils over the right side of the I in AMERICA, as struck. E-MDS with very fine die flowlines creating satiny luster than covers the fields but without a rim cud break under the date. In addition, there are unexplained small beads or phantom dentils on the rim (similar to those found on early die state examples of 1838 N-6) at stars 3-5 and below star 1. Called MS62 and tied for CC#4 in the Noyes census, his photo #58492. Our grade is MS62. Pop 2; None finer at PCGS for the variety. Only 3 graded at PCGS for the variety. DWH #3183 (PCGS # 37204) .
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Tom Reynolds 11/24/04-Evan Kopald (via Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley) 5/06.
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