Lot 437
1835 N-14 R2 MS63. Head of 1836. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown. Very attractive bluish steel brown with faded mint red covering nearly 20% of the planchet, mostly on the obverse. The obverse toning is very faintly woodgrained with slightly lighter and darker shades of steel brown. No spots or stains and only a few microscopic contact marks, mostly in the field before the portrait. The best identifying mark is a tiny, faint speck of darker toning in the field directly above star 10. Very early die state with smooth, slightly reflective fields on both sides and some curious swelling in the field near the dentils at stars 9-11. The outer hairbun is softly struck, as usual in the early die state. Removed from an NGC slab graded MS63RB (NGC label included). Our grade is MS63. Pop 1; 1 in 65BN; 1 in 65 RB. Only 3 graded at PCGS for the variety. DWH #2623.
Estimated Value $3,000-UP.
Ex Devonshire Rare Coin Auctions 7/83:40-John Nicholas, Superior 2/2/92:586-Denis Loring 12/98-Wes Rasmussen, Heritage 1/13/05:3652 (the attribution and Rasmussen provenance are noted on the NGC label).
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| Realized $3,565 |
