Lot 303
1830 N-2 R2+ AU55. Partial Double Profile. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. Lustrous bluish steel brown and chocolate. The fields are covered with attractive satiny luster thanks to fine die flowlines. There is a very small, light contact mark in the field off the nose tip and another tiny one close under the right end of the line below CENT, neither distracting at all. MDS. The crack that meanders through the date and stars is clear and a new crack connects the outer point of star 13 to a dentil. The reverse is rotated 20 degrees CCW, which is normal for this variety (see the next lot). The TE in UNITED are weakened by a shallow low spot caused by crud on the die, but everything else is sharp. There is a clear double profile on the forehead from die bounce. Called AU55 and tied for CC#5 in the Noyes census, his photo #27401. Removed from an NGC slab graded MS63BN (NGC label included, and it shows the attribution and Reiver provenance). Our grade is AU55. Pop 1; 1 finer in 66. Only 2 graded at PCGS for the variety. DWH #2926.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex George Ramont-Jules Reiver, Heritage 1/24/06:19924.
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