Lot 155
1825 N-1 R4 PCGS graded MS64BN. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. Glossy chocolate brown with lots of frosty lighter brown in the fields and protected areas. Microscopic peeps of faded mint color can be found in the reverse. The reverse also shows a splash of slightly darker chocolate brown toning on the lower half of that side. Sharply struck with full radial lines in all the stars. E-MDS with a fine die crack through the base of the date to the dentils under the stars on either side. The dentils are crisp and the fields are smooth. Called MS60 and CC#1 by a full 15 points in the Bland census. Noyes says AU55 and CC#2, his photo #21630. Our grade is AU58+, very close to MS60. PCGS Population 1; none finer.
Estimated Value $7,500-UP.
Ex Wayte Raymond 12/7/45-Willard C. Blaisdell 9/76-Del Bland 9/76. (Ted wrote on his envelope "This is the most valuable coin in WCB's coll. of 1430 coins, 9/76.").
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| Realized $11,213 |
