Lot 126
1832 N-2 R3 Medium Letters PCGS graded MS65 Brown. Very attractive lustrous medium brown and light olive with generous traces of mellowed mint color remaining visible on both sides. Delicate overtones of light bluish steel cover much of the reverse and this cent offers excellent eye appeal. The best identifying marks, and they are barely visible, are a small spot of darker toning between the tops of the I & B in LIBERTY and another in the field near the middle curl at the back of the head. MDS. The obverse is cracked (as always on this variety), the fields are flowlined, and traces of repunching around the first S in STATES remain visible. Graded MS60 and tied for CC#4 in the Noyes census, his photo #28574. Bland says MS60+ and tied for CC#3. Our grade is MS62. A beautiful cent that comes with a great provenance that has been traced back over a century. Plated in the Newcomb reference on the cents of 1816-1857 (Plate VII). The attribution and Newcomb-Ahumada provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 2; tied for finest BN of the variety. PCGS #37015. Estimate Value $2,500 - UP
Ex Captain Andrew C. Zabriskie, Henry Chapman 6/3/1909:823-Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau & Co., 5/16/1945:636-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 6/13/1984:265-J. J. Teaparty 1988-J. R. Frankenfield, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 2/17/2001:1002-Manuel Ahumada Collection (includes the Frankenfield lot ticket).
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