Lot 38
1817 N-10 R1 PCGS graded MS65BN. PCGS graded MS-65 Brown. Highly lustrous olive and bluish steel. The surfaces are satiny and virtually flawless offering outstanding eye appeal. The only mark is a barely visible speck of slightly darker toning at the dentils left of star 4. Late die state with a clear rim cud break at star 3. The small lumps (caused by the small screw that was impressed into the reverse die) right of the second S in STATES are dull but visible. Called MS62 and CC#3 in the Noyes census, his photo #21860. Bland says MS60+ and tied for CC#3. Considered to be the finest of the late die state in both condition census lists. Ted's envelope has this notation in his distinctive green ink: "This is the best N10 I have ever seen." Our grade is MS64. PCGS Population 2; none finer.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex H. C. Miller-Judge Joseph Sawicki, Stack's 2/27/54:630-Emanuel Taylor 10/60-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., Abe Kosoff 10/61:417.
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