Lot 50
1820 N-12 R3 Large Date PCGS graded MS65 Red & Brown. Lustrous mint red fading to light bluish steel brown with 90% of the bright mint red remaining on the obverse and a third of the reverse showing mellowed mint color. A very impressive cent that would rate a gem grade if not for a shallow contact mark on the rim above star 6 and a collection of shallow ticks at TA in STATES. M-LDS. The small lump over the upper right point of star 4 is dull and very faint. Graded MS65 and finest known in the Bland census. Our grade is MS63+, close to MS64. Both sides of this cent are plated in the Newcomb reference on the cents of 1816-1857 (Plate III, photos 12 & L). Comes with a great provenance, which you would expect for such a remarkable cent. The attribution and Newcomb-Ahumada provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; finest RB of the variety. PCGS #36671. Estimate Value $5,000 - UP
Ex Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau & Co., 5/16/1945:538-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 6/13/1984:135 (as MS70)-R. E. Naftzger, Jr. (who graded it MS67)-4/2002-Manuel Ahumada Collection (includes the Naftzger collection envelope and Starr lot ticket).
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| Realized $5,875 |
