Lot 407
1838 N-4 R1 PCGS graded MS63 Brown. Frosty medium brown delicately woodgrained with slightly darker chocolate brown toning on the reverse. Satiny mint luster covers the fields and protected areas. The only mark is a thin nick hidden in the dentils at star 13. MDS with a bisecting obverse die crack from the rim down through the left point of star 9 and down through the portrait and lowest curl where it emerges, forks, and passes down through the 83 to the rim below. An attractive cent with solid mint state eye appeal in spite of a touch of friction on the highest points of the devices. Our grade is AU50+. The attribution and Fricke provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 4; 6 finer, 1 in 64, 4 in 65, 1 in 66, 1 in 67 for the variety. Estimate Value $500 - UP
Ex American Auction Association 6/5/1975:160-Manuel Ahumada 3/27/1989-Jim Corrado, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 2/11/2007:765-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 5/30/2010:514.
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| Realized $470 |
