Lot 778
1834 N-1 R1 Small 8 with Large Stars. NGC graded MS-64 Red & Brown. Double Profile Lustrous mellowed mint red fading to bluish steel brown and chocolate with nearly a third of the red remaining. Essentially flawless. The only mark is a microscopic speck of carbon or dirt under the earlobe and a small puff of darker toning just left of the O in ONE. M-LDS with the usual die cracks on both sides and crumbling between the right points of star 4. The repunching inside the C in AMERICA is clear. There is a thin double profile on the forehead, lips, and chin with similar double and some triple profiles on LIBERTY, the date, and several stars on the right side of the obverse (all caused by die "bounce.") Called MS65 by Bland. Our grade is MS64. The attribution is noted on the NGC label. NGC population 1; none finer. The only example graded by NGC for the variety.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Harry Devane, Superior 9/30/1985:582-Dr. Philip W. Ralls.
|
| |
| Realized $4,113 |
