Lot 17
1817 N-1 R4 PCGS graded AU58. PCGS graded AU-58. Frosty chocolate and medium brown with satiny mint luster in protected areas. No spots or stains, only minor contact marks scattered over both sides. An elongated pinprick just right of the date is a good identifying mark. Late die state with a fine die crack from the bust tip to the dentils under star 1 and another from the tip of the coronet to the dentils over star 5. There is a fine but clear double profile along the back edge of the ear with similar doubling on the curl at star 13, both the result of die bounce. The reverse is slightly off center to K-1 while the obverse is centered on the planchet. Called AU50 and tied for CC#1 honors in the Noyes and Bland census lists, Noyes photo #21487. Our grade is AU50. PCGS Population 1; none finer.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex New Netherlands Coin Co. #56, 6/28/62:541-C. Douglas Smith 1987-Herman Halpern, Stack's 3/16/88:298.
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