Lot 131
1820 Coronet Head Cent. PCGS graded MS-62 Brown. Glossy steel brown and chocolate with lots of frosty lighter steel brown toning faded down from mint color in the fields and protected areas. Excellent eye appeal with lots of underlying mint luster remaining on both sides. There is a small spot of reddish chocolate toning at the throat, and a speck of verdigris is located in the center of this spot. Otherwise just a few trivial contact marks, including a tiny diagonal nick midway between star 1 and the chin. Sharply struck EDS with smooth, hard fields on both sides and parts of an inner circle visible at the dentils around more than half of the obverse. Called MS60 net AU55 and tied for CC#4 in the Noyes census, his photo #31165. Bland says AU55 and tied for CC#3 among the confirmed examples in his census. Comes with a long, distinguished provenance. Our grade is AU55. Pop 1; 1 in 64 BN. Only 2 graded at PCGS for the variety. DWH #2588 (PCGS # 36691) .
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex J. C. Morgenthau & Co. 1939-Judge Thomas Gaskill, New Netherlands Coin Co. 12/7/57:1399-Emanuel Taylor, Abe Kosoff 10/11/61:471-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., Lester Merkin 9/67:79-C. Douglas Smith-Dr. Bob Shalowitz 1979-Bill Noyes, 1983 EAC Sale, lot 350-Carvin Goodridge 4/4/92-Wes Rasmussen, Heritage 1/13/05:3441.
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