Lot 268
1828 N-9 R4 AU55. AU-55. Frosty light steel brown with golden tan in protected areas of the obverse and delicate overtones of lustrous bluish steel in protected areas of both sides, especially on the reverse. Just a trace of light friction on the highest points from mint state. The only marks are a small nick high on the cheek under the right corner of the eye and a dull mark in the dentils at star 10. EDS. The reverse fields are smooth and satiny and the diagonal die lines at F-A are sharp. Graded AU55 and tied for CC#3 in the Noyes census, his photo #34622. Called AU55 by Bland and in the lower half of his condition census for the die variety. Removed from an NGC slab graded MS61BN (NGC label included). Comes with a nice provenance. DWH #2605.
Estimated Value $3,000-UP.
Ex Dr. George P. French, B. Max Mehl FPL 1929, lot 484-T. James Clarke, Abe Kosoff 11/56:225-Floyd T. Starr, Stack's 6/13/84:214-Coin Galleries 8/89:2297-Al Boka 3/96-Wes Rasmussen, Heritage 1/13/05:3548 (the attribution and Rasmussen provenance are noted on the NGC label).
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