Lot 32
1817 N-8 R2 PCGS graded MS65BN. PCGS graded MS-65 Brown. Highly lustrous light bluish steel brown with sea green overtones. Excellent eye appeal and only trivial marks. These include a small wisp of darker toning between the bust tip and star 1 and another under the left end of the line below CENT. A tiny, barely visible struck-through line (from a piece of lint on the die) is located on the nose up from the nostril). MDS with a tiny "Finger Mouse" break slanting up from the top of the head below the left edge of star 8. This is the early stage of a larger break to come later. The slightly depressed area in the field below star 5 has started to show as well, a result of uneven die wear that grows more prominent in later die states. Called MS65 and tied for CC#1 overall in the Bland census. Noyes says MS61 and tied for CC#3 overall, his photo #20673. However, this is the finest of the "Finger Mouse' die state in both census lists. Our grade is MS63. PCGS Population 2; none finer.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex M. L. Kaplan 1/1951-Jerry Kolar 3/74-Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz 1974-Jerry A. Bobbe 6/79 (who called this "My all-time favorite 1817, from Shal at $900 in '74").
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| Realized $2,875 |
