Lot 324
1812 S-290 R1 Small Date. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. CAC Approved. Very attractive glossy medium chocolate brown and steel with lustrous lighter steel brown in protected areas. No spots or stains, only a few microscopic marks. The notable ones are a tiny hairline scratch between star 7 and the coronet and a microscopic planchet chip in the field close under the end of the chin. Nicely struck E-MDS, Breen state II, showing die clashmarks on both sides. The reverse is rotated 15 degrees CW. A very attractive Classic Head cent. Graded MS60 and tied for CC#5 in the Noyes census (not yet photographed). Bland says MS63 and tied for CC#3. Our grade is MS60+. The attribution and Newcomb-Reynolds provenance are noted on the PCGS Secure label. Pop 1; 2 finer in MS65 at PCGS for the variety (PCGS # 36499) .
Estimated Value $20,000-UP.
Ex Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 2/7/1945:481-Wayte Raymond-Joseph H. Spray, Stack's 4/3/1975:25 (Stack's lot envelope included).
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