Lot 299
1838 N-9 R3 PCGS graded MS64 Brown. Attractive lustrous light to medium chocolate brown. Satiny mint frost covers the fields and this cent has excellent eye appeal. A dull nick or planchet flake on the rim over the left point of star 7 and another in the dentils below the 1 in the date are the only marks. LDS with a rim cud break from just above star 12 clockwise to under the 1 in the date. The left end of the cud is weak and ill-defined but the right end is strong. Called MS60 and tied for CC#7 in the Noyes census, his photo #37030. Our grade is MS60. The attribution and Fricke provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS #37204. Pop 3; only 2 examples graded higher at PCGS for the variety, 1 in 64+ BN, 1 in 66 RB. Estimated Value $850 - UP
Ex Julian Leidman Collection, American Auction Association 11/10/1972:811-R. S. Brown, Jr., Superior 9/30/1986:869-Robert E. Matthews, Superior 5/28/1989:820-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 5/30/2010:525-Pierre Fricke, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 2/12/2017:408-Chuck Hall Collection.
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