Lot 395
1834 N-5 R5+ VF30. Large 8 & Stars with Medium Letters. Newcomb Plate Coin. VF-30. Five points sharper but lightly cleaned, now retoned a glossy bluish steel brown and chocolate. The surfaces are satiny and attractive, free of any distracting defects. The best identifying mark is a tiny planchet lamination in the field off the nose tip. MDS. Both dies are worn and flowlined, as usual. A sharp, attractive example of this popular "Redbook" variety. The reverse of this cent is shown on Plate VII in the Newcomb book on the cents of 1816-57. DWH #0836.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 12/4/84:1707-Herman Halpern, Stack's 3/16/88:446.
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| Realized $2,645 |
