Lot 190
1827 N-3 R2 PCGS graded MS66BN. PCGS graded MS-66 Brown. The obverse is a fabulous bluish steel and light chocolate brown with traces of faded mint color showing through in protected areas while the reverse is mint red mellowing to light chocolate brown on the devices, at least a third of the original color remaining. Outstanding luster and eye appeal with essentially flawless surfaces. A small spot of slightly darker reddish chocolate toning is well hidden in the hair over the left side of the R in LIBERTY and a tiny tick shows on the tip of the chin. Sharply struck EDS with prooflike fields on the obverse (the reverse die was used in a prior marriage and those fields are satiny). The always present die crack from star 1 to star 6 is very faint. Called MS65 and finest known in both the Noyes and Bland census lists, Noyes photo #20619. The Noyes census lists only 2 examples in mint state, this piece and an MS62, while the example offered here is the only confirmed mint state piece in the Bland census. Regardless, this has to be the "Alpha coin" for the variety. Our grade is MS65 prooflike. PCGS Population 1; none finer.
Estimated Value $5,000-UP.
Ex Guttag Brothers-T. James Clarke 10/54.
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