Lot 229
1811 S-287 R2 PCGS graded AU58+. Beautiful glossy medium chocolate brown and steel with a few faint peeps of very faded mint red in protected areas. Frosty mint luster covers the protected areas on both sides and this cent offers outstanding eye appeal. Virtually flawless. A tiny tick on the upper right point of star 1 and another in the field just above this star point can help identify this cent. M-LDS, Breen state V early, with crumbling joining three dentils left of star 2. Struck very slightly off center to K-3. The obverse of this cent is plated in the 1879 Frossard monograph. Graded MS62 and CC#3 in the Bland census. Noyes photo #39129. Our grade is MS60. Comes with a provenance that has been traced back well over 100 years. The attribution and Paschal-Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label. Pop 1; 2 finer at PCGS for the variety, 1 in 63+, 1 in 64. Estimate Value $8,000 - UP
Ex George W. Merritt, Edouard Frossard 1/3/1879:166-Thomas Warner, S. H. & H. Chapman 6/1884:3027-E. J. Stevenson-Henry A. Sternberg, M. H. Bolender #190, 3/1956:1607-Dorothy Paschal-Thomas Steinmetz 8/1978-George H. Blenker 1/15/1978-Robert Schick, Heritage 1/2002:5352 (includes the Paschal collection envelope and Heritage lot ticket).
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| Realized $21,150 |
