Lot 377
1837 N-9 R1 PCGS graded MS64RB. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown. Beaded Hair Cord, Head of 1838. Mellowed mint red changing to bluish steel brown, nearly two-thirds of the faded mint color remaining on both sides. The only marks are a few extremely faint scuff marks on the chin and in the field below plus several microscopic planchet flakes at TES, as struck. MDS with the same die cracks are the preceding lot except that the crack from star 1 through the nose and LI reaches the earlier forked crack right of star 7. Called MS63 and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #36907. Bland says AU55. Our grade is MS63. PCGS Population 2; 2 finer in 65RB.
Estimated Value $500-UP.
Ex Barney Bluestone 6/29/44-Dr. Kenneth J. Sartoris 1972-Del Bland-C. Douglas Smith-Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz-C. Douglas Smith-Herman Halpern, Stack's 3/16/88:494-Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz 4/16/88.
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