Lot 47
1820 N-10 R2 Large Date PCGS graded MS64 Brown. Beautiful lustrous medium steel brown and light olive with underlying faded mint color showing through on at least 20% of the obverse. Peeps of faded mint red can be found in protected areas on the reverse. The only marks, and they are barely visible, are three tiny ticks right of the eye, a speck of darker toning (not carbon) in the field close under the chin, and another spot of darker toning under the left foot of the N in UNITED. M-LDS. The small dash between the F in OF and the adjacent A is weak but still visible and the center dot on the reverse is gone. Graded MS62 and CC#2 among the confirmed examples in the Bland census. Noyes says MS60, his photo #26990. Our grade is MS62+. Comes with a great provenance, which is typical of so many cents in this fabulous collection. Previously removed from a PCGS slab graded MS63RB (PCGS label #1616.63/7422199). The attribution and Newcomb-Ahumada provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 3; tied for finest of the variety. PCGS #36664. Estimate Value $5,000 - UP
Ex Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau & Co., 5/16/1945:537-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 6/13/1984:133-Henry Folgate-John J. Nicholas, Jr., Superior 2/2/1992:517 (via Chris McCawley)-Manuel Ahumada Collection (includes the Nicholas collection envelope and last 2 lot tickets).
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