Lot 32
1842 N-1 R7- (as a proof) Small Date. PCGS graded Proof 65 Brown. Light bluish steel brown with faded red tones covering the protected areas, especially on the reverse. Sharply struck with nicely reflective fields, although there are extremely faint hairlines in the obverse fields. There is a tiny speck of carbon or crud just right of the eye, very faint traces of an old fingerprint around star 1, and a tiny planchet flake on the rim over the O in OF (as struck). Sharply struck and very attractive. Our grade is Proof-63, tied for CC#2 among the proof strikes listed in the Grellman census. Called Proof-64 and tied for second finest known honors in the Denis Loring census of proof large cents. The attribution and Dan Holmes provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; one finer in Proof-66 Brown. A total of only 2 Proof Brown examples graded at PCGS. DWH #1853 (PCGS # 397596) .
Estimated Value $8,000-UP.
Ex Superior 10/7/90:3390-Denis Loring-R. S. Brown, Jr. 4/17/99.
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