Lot 452
1839 N-5 R2 PCGS graded MS65BN. PCGS graded MS-65 Brown. Booby Head. Glossy steel brown and light chocolate faded down from mint color with lots of the mellowed mint color showing through in the fields and protected areas, especially on the reverse where the faded red is dominant. No spots or stains, only a few minor marks. These include a thin horizontal nick on the nose, a faint planchet lamination just below the 3 in the date, and a thin diagonal scuff over NE in ONE. MDS with fine die flowlines covering the fields. Called MS65 choice and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #20938. Bland says MS65 and CC#3. Our grade is MS63. PCGS Population 1; 2 finer in 66BN.
Estimated Value $3,000-UP.
Ex A. Reiswig (Common to Key Coin Co.)-Robert E. Vail-Del Bland 5/74-Jerry A. Bobbe-Myles Z. Gerson.
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