Lot 207
1813 S-292 R2. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. CAC. Lustrous chocolate brown and steel with lighter steel brown toning in protected areas. A very attractive cent, essentially flawless. The notable marks are a microscopic planchet flake under the left foot of the second 1 in the date, a tiny tick on the jaw over the throat, and a tiny scratch over the left top of the E in AMERICA. E-MDS, Breen state II, with die clashmarks on both sides and light flowlines in the fields. Graded MS60 and CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo #34165 (Noyes lists only 2 mint state examples of the die variety). Bland says AU55 and tied for CC#4. Our grade is MS60. The attribution and Great Pacific Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 2; none finer in BN at PCGS (PCGS # 36511) Value $17,000 - UP
Ex Milton A. Holmes, Stack's 10/5/1960:1471-Worthy Coin Co. (Corrado Romano)-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., Abe Kosoff 10/11/1961:379-Gene Reale, Sotheby's 1/15/1998:52-Kenneth Goldman and Stuart Levine, Bowers & Merena 1/11/1999:334-Thomas D. Reynolds Collection, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/31/2016:327-Great Pacific Collection (includes the Goldberg lot ticket).
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| Realized $18,600 |
