Lot 160
1822 N-5 R3 MS60. Wright Plate Coin. MS-60. Frosty medium brown with attractive overtones of light bluish steel covering the obverse. There is a swipe of darker olive toning from the second T in STATES down to the O in ONE, a small splash of similar toning on the E in CENT, and a small spot of that toning on the left edge of the I in UNITED. In addition, there is an arc of extremely fine porosity at ED in UNITED, and that area is a darker shade of brown. Sharply struck with outstanding luster and eye appeal on the obverse, but the toning swipes on the reverse do catch the eye. MDS with fine die rust (tiny lumps) covering the neck and face. The reverse center dot is tiny but still visible and the reverse is rotated 30 degrees CCW. Removed from an NCS slab graded "unc details, improperly cleaned," and the NCS label is included. However, I can find no evidence of cleaning, improper or otherwise. This is the Wright plate coin for the variety. Called MS60 and tied for CC#7 in the Bland census. Noyes says MS60 net AU50 and tied for CC#13, his photo #25476. DWH #2594.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex (possibly) William Festus Morgan, J. C. Morgenthau 6/32:198-unknown-Jerry A. Bobbe 1974-C. Douglas Smith 5/83-R. E. Naftzger, Jr. 1/85-C. Douglas Smith 3/85-Wes Rasmussen, Heritage 1/13/05:3466 (the attribution and Rasmussen provenance are noted on the NCS label).
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