Lot 172
1822 N-13 R5 EF40. Finest Known. EF-40. Very attractive glossy light steel brown and tan with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints and lots of frosty mint luster covering the protected areas on both sides. There are a few very light contact marks, including a pair of very light hairline scratches over star 1 and a tick on the coronet over the B, but none of the marks is distracting and the eye appeal of this cent is very nice. MDS. The fields on both sides are smooth and slightly reflective from a fresh die lapping performed before this brief marriage of two previously-used dies. This was the third example discovered of the die variety, and it is the finest known among the 50 or so examples extant. Called EF40 and finest known in the Noyes census, his photo #26871. Bland says VF35 and CC#1 in his census. Removed from an NGC slab graded AU58BN (NGC label included, and it shows the attribution and Reiver provenance). DWH #2911.
Estimated Value $10,000-UP.
Ex Norman Schultz-Garry Fitzgerald 11/13/68-Jules Reiver, Heritage 1/24/06:19817.
|
| |
| Realized $15,525 |
