Lot 71
1817 N-2 R3 PCGS graded AU53. Frosty medium chocolate and steel brown with tiny puffs of reddish chocolate toning sprinkled about the obverse. A faint hairline from the front edge of the neck to just under the earlobe and a very light rim bruise at star 10 are the only notable marks. LDS with a die crack from the bust tip to the dentils under star 1 and a bisecting reverse crack from F-A to NI in UNITED. The earlier die crack down through the first S in STATES is strong. An attractive example of this scarce variety. Called EF45 net EF40 and tied for CC#16 in the Noyes census, his photo #37122. Our grade is EF45. The attribution is noted on the PCGS label. PCGS #36553. Pop 1; 14 graded higher at PCGS for the variety. Estimated Value $450 - UP
Ex Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau #461, 5/16/1945:497-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 12/6/1984:1560-Daniel W. Holmes, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 5/30/2010:28-Walter Scheer, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/31/2016:631-Chuck Hall Collection (includes the Holmes and Scheer collection envelopes and the last 2 lot tickets).
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