Lot 73
1817 N-12 R3 PCGS graded MS62 Brown, CAC Approved. Frosty tan and light steel brown. Satiny luster covers the fields and protected areas and this cent offers excellent eye appeal. The only defects are a spot of very fine reddish corrosion at CA in AMERICA and a collection of tiny planchet flakes on the AM (as struck). MDS. The section between the two cracks connecting the 1 & 7 is raised nearly to the height of those numerals and the crack from the first 1 to star 1 extends through that star and joins the earlier crack that connects star 1 to star 2. Softly struck on the upper half of the hair bun and the opposing leaves below IC in AMERICA, which is often seen on this variety. A nice example of a variety that is very difficult to find in high grade. Our grade is AU50. The attribution and Neiswinter provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 3; 4 finer in 63 for the variety. Estimate Value $5,000 - UP
Ex C. Douglas Smith-Herman Halpern, Stack's 3/16/1988:337 (as MS60)-Tom Reynolds 11/1999-Jim Neiswinter Collection.
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