Lot 656
1833/2 N-4 R4 Overdate 3 over 2. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. Choice lustrous bluish steel brown and chocolate with traces of mint red remaining on both sides. Satiny and quite attractive with only a touch of rub on the highest points of the design. The only marks are a tiny nick on the neck and two microscopic specks of verdigris near the dentils over the right side of star 6. M-LDS. The undertype 2 just left of the second 3 (the so-called 3 over 2 overdate) is clearly visible. Die cracks reach from star 1 through stars 2 & 3 to the dentils at star 4, from star 4 through stars 5-7 to the dentils over the left point of star 8, and from the upper right point of star 4 to the lower point of star 5. The earlier die crack from star 2 to star 3 now branches to the dentils midway between those two stars and the section of die left of star 3 is slightly beveled. In addition, the dentil roots over the right side of star 7 are crumbled together. Our grade is AU55+. Outstanding eye appeal for the grade, and the reverse looks choice mint state. Called AU55+ and CC#7 among the confirmed examples in the Bland census. The attribution and Dan Holmes provenance are noted on the PCGS label.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex Floyd T. Starr, Stack’s 6/13/84:275-John D. Wright 1/18/06-Bob Grellman & Chris McCawley 4/3/06-Dan Holmes, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 5/30/2010:380.
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| Realized $3,105 |
