Lot 173
1826 N-5 R2 PCGS graded MS65RB. PCGS graded MS-65 Red & Brown. Choice lustrous steel brown and chocolate with much of the original mint color remaining, 20% on the obverse and nearly half on the reverse. Great eye appeal with only a few minor marks, including a tiny spot of slightly darker toning over star 4, a pair of faint hairline scratches just left of the date, and a longer one skipping through the first A in AMERICA. Late die state with dentil crumbling and rim cuds at stars 5-7 and some crumbling in the dentils at star 4. Many of the dentils on the obverse are smeared due to the late die state. Called MS63 and tied for CC#4 in the Noyes census, his photo #21107. Bland says MS63 and tied for CC#3. Our grade is MS64. PCGS Population 1; none finer.
Estimated Value $3,000-UP.
Ex Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau 5/16/45:576-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 6/13/84:185-Tony Terranova-Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz 5/86.
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