Lot 500
1825 C-1 R3. PCGS graded AU-58+. CAC. Very attractive frosty medium brown with slightly darker steel brown and chocolate toning on the highpoints. The fields are satiny and lustrous. An arc of tiny splashes of slightly darker toning reaches from the date counterclockwise through stars 13-9. A beautiful half cent, just very lightly worn on the highest points of the devices. Voted 5th finest in the 2001 EAC Half Cent Happening. Sharply struck MDS, Manley state 2.0, with a subtle lump between the feet of the F in OF and first A in AMERICA. The obverse is slightly misaligned to K-9 and the reverse is rotated 50 degrees CW. Noyes photo #74350. Our grade is AU50+. The attribution and Widok Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; 5 finer: 3 in 62, 1 in 63, 1 in 65. (PCGS # 35246) Value $1,200 - UP
Ex Jim McGuigan 8/17/1985-Jules Reiver 2/22/1999 (in trade)-Bob Yuell, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/4/2011:74-The Widok Collection (includes the Reiver collection envelope and Goldberg lot ticket).
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| Realized $1,800 |
