Lot 122
1831 N-11 R2 Medium Letters PCGS graded MS64 Red & Brown. Mint red fading to medium steel brown and light olive with nearly a third of the planchet showing mint red. The only marks are traces of an old fingerprint in the field before the portrait and a spot of darker toning in the hair under the B in LIBERTY. LDS with fine die rust covering both sides (tiny lumps on the coin, especially on the reverse) and a cud break at TES in STATES. The top of that S is filled by the cud indicating this is the latest die state known for the variety. A very nice cent and a neat die state. Graded MS63 and tied for CC#2 overall but finest of the latest die state by a wide margin in the Noyes census, his photo #27589. Our grade is MS63. The attribution and Ahumada provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; the only RB of the variety at both services. PCGS #37007. Estimate Value $3,000 - UP
Ex Jim McGuigan-1991 EAC Sale, lot 223-Doug Bird-"Mike Consignment" (via Doug Bird) 4/1997-Manuel Ahumada Collection (includes the Bird envelope and EAC Sale lot ticket).
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