Lot 50
1838 N-1 R1 MS63+. Lustrous olive and bluish steel with peeps of mint color remaining on both sides. Satiny and very attractive, close to MS64. The only marks, and they are trivial, are a speck of crud in the field just off the tip of the bust and a very faint spot of reddish chocolate toning in the field midway between the chin and star 2, plus a tiny splash of crud at the dentils off the end of the wreath stem. E-MDS with fine die flowlines in the fields and a clear rim cud break at star 1. Called MS65 choice and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #20977. Removed from a PCGS slab graded MS65BN (PCGS label included, and it shows the attribution and Naftzger provenance). Now housed in a PCGS MS65 BN holder. (PCGS # 37180).
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex C. F. Clark (a dealer at the 1987 ANA Convention)-Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz 12/87-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 2/1/2009:402, The Northwest Collection.
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| Realized $1,783 |
