Lot 399
1830 N-8 R1 Large Letters PCGS graded MS62 Brown. Glossy steel brown and chocolate with some underlying frosty lighter brown, mostly on the upper portion of the obverse. A sharp, attractive cent, but there are a few contact marks. The notable ones are a light nick in the field close before the nose tip, a dull rim nick at star 13, a short hairline scratch under the wreath ribbon, and a line of tiny pinpricks under NITE. None of these marks is at all distracting and the eye appeal is excellent. Sharply struck E-MDS. The dentils are sharp and the fields are just starting to display fine radial flowlines. A fine die crack extends from the bust tip to the dentils under star 1. Our grade is EF45+, close to AU50. A nice cent and it comes with an important provenance. The attribution and Fricke provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; 1 finer in 65+ for the variety. Estimate Value $500 - UP
Ex Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau 5/16/1945:619-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 12/4/1984:1668-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 5/30/2010:320.
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| Realized $881 |
