Lot 394
1837 N-14 R2 PCGS graded MS66BN. PCGS graded MS-66 Brown. Plain Hair Cord with Medium Letters. Frosty medium brown and light chocolate with hints of light bluish steel overtone in the fields and traces of mint color in protected areas on both sides. The fields are satiny and lustrous, and the eye appeal is excellent. The notable marks are a speck of dark toning left of the peak of the 1, a hint of darker steel toning in the field over star 1 with some more left of star 7, and a swipe of similar toning at the second S in STATES. The only contact mark is a dull scuff at the left top of the O in ONE. MDS with fine die flowlines in the fields, strongest near the dentils. Called S60 and tied for CC#6 in the Noyes census, his photo #21954. Bland says MS60+ and tied for CC#4. Our grade is MS62. PCGS Population 1; none finer.
Estimated Value $1,500-UP.
Ex Howard R. Newcomb, J. C. Morgenthau 5/16/45:687-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 6/13/84:347-C. Douglas Smith-Herman Halpern, Stack's 3/16/88:510 (via Tony Terranova).
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| Realized $1,783 |
