Lot 521
1838 Coronet Head Cent. PCGS graded MS-66 Brown. Very attractive lustrous light bluish steel brown with 15% of the very faded mint color remaining, mostly on the obverse. The surfaces are satiny and virtually flawless, the satiny luster extending to even the highest points of the design. The best identifying marks are a tiny spot of darker toning very well hidden in the hair just right of the ear and a thin diagonal streak of lighter toning through the center of the O in OF. MDS. The fields are covered with fine flowlines and the line to the base of the F in OF is dull but still visible. A beautiful, lustrous cent. Called MS62 and tied for CC#13 in the Noyes census, his photo #27155. Removed from an NGC slab graded MS66BN (NGC label included). Our grade is MS64. Pop 3; Tied for finest graded at PCGS in Brown. A total of 5 graded at PCGS for the variety. DWH #2634 (PCGS # 37198) .
Estimated Value $1,500-UP.
Ex Copley Coin Co.-Louis Helfenstein, Lester Merkin 8/64:178-Dr. E. Yale Clarke, Stack’s 10/25/75:108-American Rare Coin Investors-Jerry A. Bobbe-Joel Perlin-Doug Bird 10/1/85-Wes Rasmussen, Heritage 1/13/05:3701 (the attribution and Rasmussen provenance are noted on the NGC label).
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