Lot 180
1838 N-7 R1 PCGS graded MS65 Red & Brown, CAC Approved. Bright original mint red just starting to fade to bluish steel brown on the highpoints of the devices with about 85% of the original mint color remaining on both sides. The only marks are a nick-like planchet chip on the tip of the chin and a speck of dark toning (not carbon) at the upper right point of star 11. MDS with die flowlines covering the fields on both sides and the curl over the date weak from die wear. The line from the leaf tip to the base of the F in OF is dull but still visible. Called MS70- and CC#1 in the Bland census. Noyes says MS65 and tied for CC#1, his photo #20943. Our grade is MS65. Any way you look at it this is a superior cent in every respect. The attribution and Naftzger-Ahumada provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 2; tied for finest RB of the variety at both services. PCGS #37199. Estimate Value $3,000 - UP
Ex Horace M. Grant 10/1939:1188-Willard B. Blaisdell 6/1975-Del Bland-Jerry A. Bobbe-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 2/1/2009:421-Manuel Ahumada Collection (includes the Naftzger collection envelope and lot ticket).
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