Lot 161
1825 N-6 R3 PCGS graded MS64BN. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. Lustrous bluish steel brown and light chocolate with traces of very faded mint color on both sides. There is a dull nick-like planchet chip on the cheek and a thinner one on the chin, as struck, plus a few specks of darker toning in the obverse fields and a speck of crud on the lower point of star 5. Satiny mint frost covers both sides and the eye appeal is exceptional in spite of the minor marks. MDS with a faint die crack joining the N's in ONE CENT to the leaves over the O in ONE. Called MS63 and finest known in the Noyes and Bland census lists, Noyes photo #21686. Our grade is MS63. NOTE: The envelope for this cent is literally covered with a typed note from Doug Smith. Doug liked to document interesting elements of coin transactions on his envelopes, and this note is especially interesting. Part of his note reads "Traded to The Mad Monarch (Jerry Bobbe) on 8/11/74, after incessant bugging & when he finally exercised his "droit de seigneur"; but regained from him almost immediately when the coin was, even more immediately, DROPPED by a numismatic wife who shall remain anonymous. The coin was unharmed but not so The Mad Monarch's psyche, which was forever dented." As a prominent collector of early cents often says, these coins are worth only a cent; it's the story behind the coins that we pay for. PCGS Population 1; none finer.
Estimated Value $3,000-UP.
Ex Sternberg, M. H. Bolender (Mail Bid Sale) 3/2/56:1629-Louis Helfenstein, Lester Merkin 8/14/64:108-C. Douglas Smith-Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz-C. Douglas Smith 8/11/74-Jerry A. Bobbe-C. Douglas Smith (Doug often said you didn't really love a cent until you owned it 3 times)-Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz-Kenneth D. Pines 6/12/77-Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz 11/79.
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