Lot 360
1837 N-2 R2 PCGS graded MS64BN. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. Plain Hair Cord with Medium Letters. Choice frosty steel brown and light chocolate with slightly faded mint color in protected areas on both sides. The only marks are a tiny swipe of darker steel toning at the dentils over star 5 and another microscopic one on the jawline near the earlobe, plus a couple very light nicks around ONE. MDS with a slightly raised retained cud break near the dentils between the parallel die cracks up from star 4. The upper half of this thin raised retained cud is separated from the lower half by a horizontal die break allowing the upper half to rise more than the lower half. Called MS61 and CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #21203. Bland says MS60 and tied for CC#3. Our grade is MS60+. PCGS Population 2; none finer.
Estimated Value $1,000-UP.
Ex Dr. William H. Sheldon-Dorothy Paschal-Ray Chatham 3/80-Del Bland-C. Douglas Smith-Herman Halpern, Stack's 3/16/88:474 (via Tony Terranova 3/18/88).
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