Lot 187
1827 N-1 R2 (R8 as a proof) PCGS graded MS64BN. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. Attractive medium chocolate brown and bluish steel with faded mint color bleeding through in protected areas on both sides. The only marks are a speck of darker toning in the field over star 1 and a dull nick hidden in the hair above BE. Intermediate die state with no crumbling in the dentils and hard, reflective fields on both sides, and those fields display fine hairlines. A small struck-through mark caused by a tiny piece of wire or thread extends down from the right base of the N in UNITED and a similar struck-through line arcs from the right top of the E in CENT down into the leaves under the adjacent C. Similar struck-through lines are often found on proof large cents, a result of the constant cleaning and polishing done to the dies and planchets used for these special strikes. The reflectivity of the fields combined with the struck-through marks and early die state give this cent the look of a proof strike, and Del Bland calls it just that, a Proof-60. The Bland census does not contain a single confirmed mint state example for this die variety. Noyes calls this piece MS60 and tied for CC#1, his photo #35922. Denis Loring calls this piece "questionable proof" in his census of proof large cents. Mr. Naftzger considered this cent to be "Brill. Red Proof" as he noted on the envelope (the red faded away over the years). Our grade is MS64. PCGS Population 2; none finer.
Estimated Value $10,000-UP.
Ex A. J. Fink (dealer from Dayton, Ohio)-T. James Clarke.
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