Lot 168
1825 N-10 R3 PCGS graded MS64BN. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. Frosty bluish steel and light olive brown. The surfaces are satiny and lustrous offering excellent eye appeal. The only marks are a few microscopic ticks here and there including a pair of light diagonal nicks low on the neck plus a speck of waxy crud hidden inside the bottom of the E in AMERICA. Nicely struck with only a couple of the stars not fully impressed. MDS with a very fine die crack extending from the tip of the bust to the peak of the 1 and on to the dentils between the 1 and star 1. Called MS60+ and CC#1 in the Bland census of confirmed examples. Noyes says MS60 and CC#3, his photo #21062. Our grade is MS60+. PCGS Population 1; none finer.
Estimated Value $4,000-UP.
Ex James G. Macallister-T. James Clarke.
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