Lot 78
1826 N-6 R2 PCGS graded MS64 Brown, CAC Approved. Choice lustrous medium steel brown and light chocolate with faint hints of very faded mint color peeking through in a few protected places on the reverse. A gorgeous cent that offers exceptional eye appeal. Sharply struck with full radials in all the stars, crisp hair details, and veins in the leaves of the wreath. The only notable mark, and it is faint, is a spot of slightly darker toning tucked between the curl over the 6 and the truncation. M-LDS. The obverse fields are smooth and slightly reflective thanks to a fresh die polishing and a rim cud reaches from star 6 to star 8. The repunching on the left side of the first A in AMERICA is clear. Clear, wide doubling (from die bounce) shows on parts of the hair at the back of the portrait under the hair bun. Graded MS65 Choice and tied for CC#1 in the Noyes census, his photo #33441. Bland says MS60+ and tied for CC#4. Our grade is MS63. The attribution and Reale-Ahumada provenance are noted on the PCGS label. PCGS population 4; 3 finer in 66 for the variety. PCGS #36826. Estimate Value $3,000 - UP
Ex Charles DuPont (the "Anderson-DuPont" Sale), Stack's 9/24/1954:644-Gene Reale-Herman Halpern-Bowers & Merena 3/6/1997:83-Manuel Ahumada Collection (includes the Bowers lot ticket).
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| Realized $7,050 |
