Lot 669
1843 N-16 R4 PCGS graded MS64 Brown. Mature Head. Lustrous very light greenish olive brown and sea-green. Very sharply struck and virtually flawless except for a rather obvious mint-made planchet lamination extending from the dentils between stars 4 & 5 to the coronet and LI. Too bad because this cent would have been a beautiful gem example of a tough die variety. Very sharply struck E-MDS with microscopic radial die flowlines in the fields that create the attractive cartwheel luster. Called MS60 and tied for CC#3 in the Noyes census, his photo #31224. Our grade is MS60, tied for CC#4 in the Grellman census.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Willard C. Blaisdell 9/76 (via Del Bland).
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