Lot 183
1838 N-10 R1 PCGS graded MS66+ Brown, CAC Approved. Choice lustrous light olive and bluish steel brown. Bright mint red remains visible on 15% of the obverse and at least a third of the reverse, and this cent offers great eye appeal. The surfaces are satiny and essentially flawless except for a rather obvious planchet flake on the rim off the end of the wreath stem (as struck). E-MDS. The die crack from the dentils at ME bifurcates left of the E and barely reaches the right upright of the M. Graded MS63 and tied for CC#2 in the Noyes census, his photo #27298. Bland says MS63 and tied for CC#1. Our grade is MS63. The attribution and Ahumada provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; finest RB of the variety at both services. PCGS #37207. Estimate Value $3,000 - UP
Ex S. H. & H. Chapman-Roebling, New Netherlands Coin Co. #59, 6/13/1967:1305-Dr. M. Lamar Hicks, Stack's 3/1986:860-John J. Nicholas, Jr., Superior 2/2/1992:610-Andrew Hain, Stack's 1/2002:815-Manuel Ahumada Collection.
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