Lot 60
1839 N-11 R1 Booby Head MS64+. Beautiful, lustrous bluish steel brown and light olive with peeps of underlying faded mint color showing on both sides. Satiny mint frost covers the planchet offering outstanding eye appeal. Very close to gem. The only defects are a barely visible planchet flake under the 1 in the date, as struck, plus a few microscopic specks of darker toning around the coronet tip. Sharply struck MDS. The finer details of the portrait are crisp and all but two of the stars have complete radial lines. A premium example of the popular "Booby Head" type. Called MS65 Choice and CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo #20247. And it comes with an important provenance. Now housed in a PCGS MS67 BN holder. (PCGS # 37246).
Estimated Value $2,500-UP.
Ex Dr. Henry W. Beckwith, S. H. Chapman 4/27/1923:93-Hillyer Ryder, New Netherlands Coin Co. #41, 9/26/53:907-Elliot Landau, New Netherlands Coin Co. #52, 12/13/58:156 (as MS70)-Stack's "TAD" sale, 2/4/1976:135 (via Jerry A. Bobbe)-R. E. Naftzger, Jr. (via Bill Noyes) 9/2002, The Northwest Collection.
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| Realized $24,150 |
