Lot 397
1834 N-6 R3 AU50+. Large 8, Stars, & Letters. Double Profile. PCGS graded MS-62 Brown. Frosty steel brown with lighter steel brown toning covering the fields and protected areas of the obverse and delicate overtones of bluish steel toning on the reverse. The fields are covered with satiny luster and the only mark of any consequence is a small, faint spot of microscopic roughness at the dentils over the E in STATES. LDS with a small but clear triangular lump hanging down from the dentils over star 9 and a rather strong double profile on the forehead, nose tip, nostril, and lips down to the chin. Called AU55 and tied for CC#5 in the Noyes census, his photo #27493. Bland says AU55 and tied for CC#6 among the confirmed examples in his census. Our grade is AU50+. Pop 1; 1 in 64RB. Only 4 graded at PCGS for the variety. DWH #2661.
Estimated Value $2,500-UP.
Ex Del Bland-Jack Collins, Bowers & Ruddy 1/83:611-John J. Nicholas, Jr.-Chris McCawley 4/23/05.
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