Lot 189
1827 N-2 R3 PCGS graded MS65BN. PCGS graded MS-65 Brown. Lustrous steel brown and chocolate with 10% of the original mint color remaining on the obverse, 20% on the reverse. There are traces of darker toning mixed into the field before the neck and a number of microscopic ticks in the field off the chin, but the surfaces are satiny and offer excellent eye appeal. Sharply struck EDS with full radial lines in all the stars. Called MS65 choice and CC#1 by 4 points over the second finest piece in the Noyes census, his photo #20971. Bland says MS63 and CC#1 with the next best confirmed example grading only AU55. Our grade is MS63. PCGS Population 1; none finer.
Estimated Value $4,000-UP.
Ex George H. Earle, Henry Chapman 6/25/1912:3490-Dr. George P. French, B. Max Mehl 1929 FPL, lot 469-H. A. Sternberg-T. James Clarke 1944-B. Max Mehl 6/45:1767-Judge Thomas L. Gaskill-Dorothy Paschal-New Netherlands Coin Co. 12/7/57:1473.
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