Lot 1171
1842-D. PCGS graded EF-45 CAC Approved. Antique golden-orange toning that deepens within the devices. Only 4,643 minted of which merely 80 examples are estimated to have survived. A highly important variety. Douglas Winter wrote that no true Mint State pieces are known, and that fewer than a dozen were known at the AU level, seemingly clustered.
Date logotype high and more deeply impressed at the top and bottom of the date with 18 noticeably repunched. Reverse with D mintmark overlapping feather, with part of the feather visible at the center of the letter and a tiny part of the feather extending from the left of the upright. Pop 15; 18 finer (PCGS # 7725) .
Estimated Value $3,000 - 3,300.
The William H & Beuelaress K. Helem Collection.
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