Lot 77
1826 N-5 R2 PCGS graded MS63 Red & Brown. Lustrous medium brown and chocolate with 20% of the mint red remaining. A choice cent except for a couple dull contact marks in the field before the portrait and a few microscopic ticks on the jaw and neck. The reverse is nearly flawless, void of any notable marks. MDS with a rim cud break over star 6 with narrow extensions involving 2 or 3 dentils at either end. Some letters of the legend outside the wreath display fine doubling from die bounce. Graded MS62 and tied for CC#7 in the Noyes census, his photo #20951. Our grade is MS60+. The attribution and Naftzger-Ahumada provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 1; 3 finer, 2 in 64, 1 in 65 for the variety. PCGS #36824. Estimate Value $2,000 - UP
Ex Barney Bluestone (Syracuse Coin Shop) 12/3/1941-Willard C. Blaisdell 9/1976-R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 1990 EAC Sale 5/1990:130 (as MS63)-Manuel Ahumada Collection (includes the Blaisdell and Naftzger collection envelopes and the EAC Sale lot ticket).
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