Lot 124
1820/19 N-1 R1 Large Overdate 20 over 19. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. Lustrous bluish steel brown delicately woodgrained with lighter steel brown toning on the obverse and faint hints of underlying very faded mint color remaining on the reverse. The surfaces are satiny and attractive in spite of some minor defects. These include a couple small spots of reddish brown verdigris at star 3, another on the upper lip, and one more hanging from the earlobe like an earring. These specks are barely visible and offer little if any distraction, but they can help identify this piece. There are a few tiny contact marks as well, including some ticks on the cheek and in the field before the nose, plus a thin diagonal nick under the ribbon loop at the bottom of the wreath. E-MDS. The overdate is clear, including repunching on the 1 and 8 in addition to the strong 20 over 19 overdate. The fields are starting to show fine radial die flowlines in the fields, strongest near the dentils, but the dentils are strong around both sides. Called MS60 and tied for CC#1 in the Bland and Noyes census lists, Noyes photo #28937. A very important example of the popular Large Overdate variety. Our grade is MS60. Pop 2; None finer at PCGS for the variety. DWH #2585.
Estimated Value $3,000-UP.
Ex Lee G. Lahrman, Abe Kosoff, 2/63:311-G. Lee Kuntz, Superior 10/6/91:365-Doug Bird 4/97-John MacDonald 8/99-Wes Rasmussen, Heritage 1/13/05:3436.
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