Lot 162
1825 N-7 R3 PCGS graded MS65BN. PCGS graded MS-65 Brown. Repunched 5. Choice lustrous bluish steel brown with attractive satiny mint frost covering the surfaces. Peeps of mint color remain on the obverse while at least 10% of the reverse shows original red color. Just a few trivial marks, including a small spot of darker toning in the field under star 6, a dull and barely visible contact mark on the tip of the chin, and a tick in the center of the line below CENT. Sharply struck showing full radial lines in all the stars. MDS with a die crack from the curl at star 13 down to the dentils just right of the date and a rim cud break at star 11 extending halfway up to star 10. The repunching on the 5 remains sharp. This is the Newcomb plate coin for the variety. Called MS65 choice and finest known by a full 5 points in the Noyes census, his photo #21287. Bland says MS60+ and CC#1. Both agree this is the only mint state example outside the ANS Museum. Our grade is MS63+, close to MS64. PCGS Population 1; none finer.
Estimated Value $6,000-UP.
Ex property of A. R. L (Minneapolis), Thomas L. Elder 4/1926:1451-Henry C. Hines-Homer K. Downing, 1952 ANA Sale, 8/18/52:2164-Harold Bareford-Auction '80 (Stack's) 8/15/80:1055.
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